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RE: Hardened Valve Seats

To: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>, "Max Heim"
Subject: RE: Hardened Valve Seats
From: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:12:57 -0800
Paul:

Longer than the MGB.  The Derrington cross flow head was originally available 
for the MGA.

The head design was not homologated for the MGA or MGB, so did not get very 
much racing use.


Kelvin.




> --- Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com> wrote:
> > Are you saying that you cannot attach dual sidedraft
> > Webers to a regular
> > iron 1800 head? I seriously doubt that contention --
> > I can recall seeing
> > that setup many years before the crossflow heads
> > were available.
> 
> I don't know about this.  The crossflow cylinder heads
> have been available for a long, long, long time.  They
> were originally made by Derrington, and although I'm
> not sure precisely when they were developed, I think
> they are almost as old as the MGB itself.





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