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Re: cylinder heads, long winded

To: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Subject: Re: cylinder heads, long winded
From: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:38:34 -0800

ccrobins wrote:
> 
> 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 need a different
> type of reamer than that for steel guides.

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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