- 1. RE: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:33:01 -0800
- Ok Matt, I'll bite. I'm sitting here not doing much today. First. I am conservative. Second. I am cheap. Third. I have put over 400,000 miles on various B series engines. Fourth. I am lazy and prefer
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- 2. Re: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net
- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 10:59:10 +0000
- Re: Kelvin's 22 point comment on heads: I agree with everything Kelvin said. I'd like to add that I choose not to do any of the modifications to a head to make it run on unleaded gas. I've put 200K m
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00546.html (7,278 bytes)
- 3. RE: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:24:43 -0500
- Further to the cylinder head discussion I found that bronze guides are fine but you must ream them to the proper dimension after installation to prevent the valve stem from binding. Don't assume you
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00577.html (8,231 bytes)
- 4. Re: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 07:57:28 -0600
- Hi Fred, All valve guides need to be reamed to the proper size after they are pressed in the head, not just bronze guides. One firther comment: Some machins shops don't do bronze guides because they
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00579.html (7,469 bytes)
- 5. Re: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:38:34 -0800
- What about honing versus reaming? My machine shop uses hones, at least on my air-cooled heads. I've heard that honing is a superior method, but that might be moot on the MGB heads. Jay
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- 6. Re: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:12:05 -0500
- -- Jay I like the honing method because you don't need a machine shop to do the job. I just finished fitting new bushings in my Mini's radius arms which is supposed to be a specialist's job. The MGB
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- 7. Re: cylinder heads, long winded (score: 1)
- Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:14:36 -0600
- Ya got me there, Jay. Any machinists out there who know? -- CR
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