Power dome Head

drivergo2

I have a power dome head It has 262 by the water inlet numbers 309117  thena 2 then cwc G63 italso has a round circle with numders1thru 8 With a arrow pointing at the1 will it fit my 52 308 engine in my hornet .Thanks John 

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If the cylinder head says '262,' then it is a wide-block head. This means it will fit your 308 (all of which are wide-blocks).  Others will point out that it mustn't be milled too thin or you spark plugs will ground out (along with other issues).

For comparison's sake, my friend had a narrow-block 262 in his 1949 Hudson and I have a wide-block 262 in my 1951 Hudson.  He increased his compression by putting a '500' cylinder head on his car.  '500' was the model of the pacemaker in 1950 that came with the 232 and the only year of the narrow block 232.  If I were to follow suit, I would need a '232' labelled head from a 1951 or later engine. The take-home from this is that 1951 and later (all wide blocks) put the displacement on the cylinder head (narrow blocks did not).

drivergo2

Thankyou  very much helps a lot   John