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Cylinder head work (4-stroke)

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Cylinder head work (4-stroke)

IHRA answers this part for 24 of its classes. 7 of those answers are permissions, with or without limits attached, and 17 are not. 12 are inferred from how the class is written rather than quoted from a rule naming this part.


Where it stands, class by class

24 classes, grouped by the answer rather than listed one by one, because an answer that holds for a class usually holds for every class that borrows its rules.

Not permitted, not listed in the rules Our reading, not a rule we can quote at you. This class requires the craft to stay stock except where the rules allow otherwise, and this part is not on the list.

No rule, this is an open class Our reading, not a rule we can quote at you. This class carries no stock clause at all, so anything unlisted appears to be open. The rulebook does not say so in terms.

OEM part required 1 class

Original casting required for 1101cc+. Valve count must not change. · K.2.6

OEM part required 1 class

Original casting matching the engine block must be used. · X.2.6

Legal, within limits 1 class

Bead blast chambers only with valves seated. Ports must NOT be bead blasted or abrasively cleaned. · W.2.2

Legal, within limits 1 class

On the Kawasaki 750SX, 750SXI, 750SXI Pro and SXR800 drop-down domes are not allowed and O-ring head sealing with no head gasket is permitted, with a minimum dome of 28cc. · M.6.1.1

Legal, within limits 1 class

Model-dependent. Two-stroke entries: Aftermarket permitted. V.2.7 Four-stroke entries: Original casting required; runners, chamber, valve placement modifiable. · V.4.8

No rule, this is an open class 2 classes

The class states only what it bans and calls itself run what you brung, against a section DD preamble that says anything unlisted is illegal.

No rule, this is an open class 1 class

No restriction in section CC, and CC.1 permits any modification it does not restrict.


Cylinder head work (4-stroke): if the rule your class applies reads differently to you, or the rulebook has changed since this was read, ask. We answer with the section we read it from, or that we have not read it. Ask a rules question.

Every IHRA class · where the rulebooks differ · signed checks on parts the shop sells.

Engine · four stroke · legal outright in 7 of 24

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