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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by cozzfather
when you say where was cossie made you do know the cylinder heads are and were made in Northhampton England.
They were actually made(the heads) in Worcester at(then) a very leading edge casting facility owned by Cosworth, the heads were then brought to Northampton for assembly/machining with rest of engine and all engines hot tested for 10 minutes.
The reason why they were made/cast in worcester is that is where the ATOMIC ABSORBTION SPECTROMETRE was operated by cosworth, to test each batch of aluminium before it was cast.
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