Rallum Head
 

Looked at a very nice Rallum aluminum cylinder head today and would like to know the value before I make an offer. Any help would be appreciated. tim

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Tim,
Unfamiliar with such. Could you describe or place pics here to help with your question, i.e.- flathead/OHV head what and condition, compression ratio, etc///

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Go on WWW.northwestvintagespeedsters.com
There's a lot of flatheads & overhead conversions that I've never heard of! Bill W's Ghost

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Yup, I live over there when I need a bit of eye candy and am in a dreaming mood of yesteryear:)

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Thanks Ghost,
I lost track of that site and and got a "Could not find" message with the link you gave. It was close enough though and I found it under www.nwvs.org.

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I also have one in my collection. My personal opinion is the value is probably in the $500.00 range. It is not as popular as what a Winfield head would be but then the rarity makes up for that in my views. It is just where your priorities are placed.

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Rallum was made by the Reus Bros out of Baltimore. I had a Reus head but sold it to the Smith Musuem. Got $700 for it. Made in the 30's. Ken

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Thanks for the replies, hoping to own it soon. tim

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Whats the compression ratio on these heads?

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This a very late response to my own thread, I did buy the Rallum head and it has been sitting in my garage since I first posted. I shot a few pictures of it to place it up for sale but though I would post here first. tim

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Its a neat head.

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Appears to me 4.5:1 , as is give/take.

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How can you tell the compression ratio of a head sitting on the bench?

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Screw in a spark plug, buy a CC tube, fill it with sugar, then pour it into the combustion chamber to see how many CC's it takes to make it level. Compare that to an original head.

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Cool. For some additional history: http://www.mdhs.org/underbelly/wp-co.../01/mc7409.jpg

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Is the Rallum head still for sale Rarebike? Got a price on it?

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This post is 3 years old and the last time he was on was 11/22/2020. If you are interested in finding out if still for sale, send him a PM or email.