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Re: Woe is Me

To: "A.B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Woe is Me
From: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 15:42:49 -0800
Hello:

If you are enquiring about the "stock" aluminum MGB cyl heads. I have them.
They are $525 each. They are as stock, but have bronze guides, and hard seats.

SKip...........At 03:01 PM 11/2/97 -0600, A.B. Bonds wrote:
>At 06:05 AM 11/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>So it looks like I may be in the market for a replacement head.  I cannot
>>see the benefit of the new crossflow head for my mainly stock late model
>>motor.  Someone here did make mention of a aluminum head that was patterned
>>after the B head.  Don't remember who brought it up.  Anyone have any info?
>
>Yes, there were some standard aluminum heads made by Pierce.  I am told that
>altogether something like 107 were made, all have been sold.  They have very
>efficient combustion chambers, use the small valve size.
>
>I got a very nice rebuilt head from British Parts Northwest (advertises in
>Hemmings Motor News).  Something like $375 with stainless exhaust valves and
>hardened seats.
>They apparently get these from England, as they use the European casting ;),
>no injection ports = less prone to cracking.  You can get them with
>injection ports if the pump is a must :(.  I think now the price is up to
>$400.  These are fully assembled, no core required.
>
>                        A. B. Bonds
>
>
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