- 1. [Mgs] MGB alloy cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: Matthew Milkevitch <mmilkevitch@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:41:50 -0800 (PST)
- Dear Listers: Does anyone have any experience with alloy cyl heads for the MGB (non-crossflow)? Besides lower weight and better cooling, is there any performance benefit? Thanks for the info.... Matt
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- 2. Re: [Mgs] MGB alloy cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:49:29 -0800
- Theoretically, an aluminum head lets you run either more compression or more advance without detonation. Obviously, to take advantage of the compression concept would require more work. -- Max Heim '
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- 3. Re: [Mgs] MGB alloy cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:50:58 -0800
- The alloy heads were not intended to give performance improvement, but they do seem to give a tiny bit more pep as supplied. If you look into the ports you can see some places where the port machini
- /html/mgs/2007-12/msg00255.html (8,317 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Mgs] MGB alloy cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:37:17 EST
- Does anyone have any experience with alloy cyl heads for the MGB (non-crossflow)? Besides lower weight and better cooling, is there any performance benefit? ____________________________________ Yeah
- /html/mgs/2007-12/msg00256.html (7,378 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Mgs] MGB alloy cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:53:02 -0700
- My cast iron head was cracked. When I went looking at the replacement cost, the AL one was cheaper than the iron one. I should have done a V8 conversion. -- Andrew ___________________________________
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- 6. Re: [Mgs] MGB alloy cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: Howard gentry <zymmer4@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:36:44 -0800 (PST)
- I installed the alloy head on my 1976 B roadster just prior to a planned 30000 mile trip around the USA in 1998. I installed the head, a weberDGV carb and as ansi exhaust, along with a 1974 overdriv
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