Apropos this posting, if it is of interest to anyone, I recently found a
rebuilt head in my machinists stores. He is willing to sell this head for
$500 plus shipping. It is casting # 12H2923. It has been assembled with
single springs, and is ready to bolt up. He is not on the net, so let me
know if you are interested. This man has been doing my machine work for
many years, and I trust his rebuilds as I would trust no other.
Elizabeth Jones
Comfort, TX
At 10:59 AM 3/8/99 -0800, Felix Wong wrote:
>Hi all! I gave a call to British Motorsports of Campbell, CA, looking
>for a rebuilt cylinder head for my '69 MGB. They, like everyone else it
>seems, did not have one due to an apparent dearth of uncracked MGB heads
>in the world, but they said that a company started manufacturing new
>aluminum MGB heads about 6 months ago, which are "much better" (lighter
>weight, better cooling, etc.) The cost would be $645, which "is not
>much more expensive than a rebuilt cast iron cylinder head, which
>[British Motorsports] would sell for ~$600". Hence, I'm thinking this
>might be the way to go?
>
>I'm esp. interested in what are the drawbacks of such a head; e.g., a
>friend of mine speculated that aluminum heads tend to warp easier. Has
>anyone had any experiences with these or could conjecture how well they
>would do in the long term?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>-Felix
>
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