Twin cam of L-series engines?? OS Giken

[BuDavid]

does anybody know weather the O.S Giken TC24-B1 twin cam head conversion is still available for sale in the market?

or at least if there is a used one in good condition preferably in California?

this a head conversion for the L28 engine as far as I know, a friend needs it badly and I can't locate a seller, in fact a distributor exist, but they are not mentioning anything about the TC24-B1 head.

thanks folks.

[m4xwellmurd3r]

as far as i know, the only TC24-B1 head i've ever seen, is on the OS Giken's Z.

i don't think any other's exist. if they did, you'd probably have to fork over way more than you could imagine for it.

[John Coffey]

does anybody know weather the O.S Giken TC24-B1 twin cam head conversion is still available for sale in the market?

No, they recently came out with a 48 valve head. Do a search on O.S. Giken TC48-BS.

[sblake01]

Emphasis on the BS?

[BuDavid]

No, they recently came out with a 48 valve head. Do a search on O.S. Giken TC48-BS.

I did a search and I put "os giken TC48-BS" as key words, nothing came..

but a supplier of OS Giken turbos and stuff exists, I don't know if they still manufacture the TC24-B1.

[MikeW]

No, they recently came out with a 48 valve head. Do a search on O.S. Giken TC48-BS.

Must be some really tiny valves to be able to fit 8 per cylinder.

[hls30.com]

Come on, John sent Dave out to get one a while ago, he should be back soon...someone has already come looking for him!

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

Will

[Zs-ondabrain]

This is what I found, Maybe there's a link in there to find out more.

Dave.

http://www.datrats.com.au/OS%20GIKEN%20ENGINES.htm

[John Coffey]

The OS Giken head thing comes up every few months. Its a running joke over on HybridZ.org. These are very rare and not in production anymore. If one comes up used for sale the transaction is in the tens of thousand of dollars and usually occurs privately between people in the community. I've never, ever seen one advertised for sale.

What happens after someone posts the information above is the original poster tries to start a "Group Buy" and comes up with 10 people that want to put one of these heads on their L6. None of those 10 people have the money, OS Giken isn't interested in restating manufacture, and the deal collapses in ridicule and accusations.

The OS Giken head is the Loch Ness Monster of the USA based Z community. Its real but extremely rare in other parts of the world.

[John Coffey]

No, they recently came out with a 48 valve head. Do a search on O.S. Giken TC48-BS.

My post above was meant as a joke but I guess it didn't translate well. Sorry.

[sblake01]

My post above was meant as a joke but I guess it didn't translate well. Sorry.

It did to me (see post #4)

[BuDavid]

My post above was meant as a joke but I guess it didn't translate well. Sorry.

ok I admit, you got me badly with that one:paranoid:

I feel so .. hmmm, how can I say this? ok here it is , I feel so #$%*<|)8$ after I did the search about the TC48-BS and all I found is something like rice from a bowl!:stupid:

so I guess it is not worth it to get a used one maybe, since the price is in tens of thousands:(

ok, thank you for the info guys, but I think one of those heads was here in Bahrain, that's why I thaught that it is common in the US. OR probably, he put an disguised RB engine in:bandit: