331 ci heads

[marc in antwerp]

Hello Cadillac fans
I'm overhauling a 331 ci for a friend and his engine got cracked heads,so when he was in Hershey this year he got 2 heads from a junkyard they visited and you can guess after he got home we tested the "new" heads and they were also cracked.So my question is this: can anyone help us to an adress or somebody who can help us out.
Great forum,Great Country,Great cars.
All help is welcome
Greetings from Antwerp,Belgium
Marc

[Otto Skorzeny]

Hi Marc,

People seem to sell heads and entire engines pretty regularly on ebay, this board and the Modified Cadillac forum.

Try here: http://www.modifiedcadillac.org/forum/index.php/board,1.0.html

Click on the link in my signature and you'll find a list of vendors catering to vintage Cadillacs. There are many salvage yards (some exclusivelyCadilac) listed that might have what you need.

[Jeff Maltby 4194]

http://autos.yahoo.com/maintain/repairqa/engine/ques054_1.html

I had one head pinned on my 49 sedan in 86.

[John Morris #23947]

What year 331 heads? I send heads to Europe often. I have them magnafluxed here. If good, buyer pays for flux. If cracked, buyer does not pay for flux.

[Jeff Maltby 4194]

$35 per head at Napa to have checked. They crack in the valve seat area as I recall ?

[John Morris #23947]

I use Portland Engine Rebuilding, the finest machine shop in the Pacific Northwest. They charge me $72 a pair.

[J. Friedman]

Otto,

Great list and a great service to CLCers.

Jay

[Otto Skorzeny]

Thanks Jay. I'm glad you find it useful. Nobody should have to re-invent the wheel every time he needs to get something for his car.

I'm about to add a few more vendors to the list including a sunvisor restoration place, a carburetor parts source and some others.

[cad1949 convertible]

Hello I have a frend howe have cylinder heads restored or un restored heads in Sweden!
regards Johan Karlsson Sweden.
cad1949@telia.com

[Marc V8]

thanks for all the help already
But can anybody tell me the difference in the heads or maybe a link so i can work out if we have the wright engine

[william bradley]

thanks for all the help already
But can anybody tell me the difference in the heads or maybe a link so i can work out if we have the wright engine

what year is the engine???
what year and casting number are the heads?
william

[Marc V8]

William
the only nr i've found is 459736-7 and 8-20
Marc