Gregg.........
Original MGB heads measured between 3.177 and 3.192 inches thick, according
to the Moss catalog.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Baker, G. <gbaker@customcpu.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 6:23 PM
Subject: Rocker Pedestals
>
>"If your head were machined a lot (say 1/16" or more), shims under all four
>pedestals would restore the original geometry. However, they would surely
be
>classified as four "thick" shims. The two originally fitted to later 5-main
>engines (after 1968, I believe) were actually quite skinny - from memory,
>I'd say about .010" at the most."
>
>
>If you don't know the history of your head is there any way to measure so
as to
>know if it's been machined before or not. It seems that otherwise it would
>be very hard
>to get the correct thickness or shims and setup the "geometry" correctly.
>Thanks,
>Gregg Baker
>
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