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Re: Hardened Valve Seats

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Subject: Re: Hardened Valve Seats
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:59:25 -0800
on 1/12/04 9:33 AM, Paul M. at rowman22001@yahoo.com wrote:

> --- 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 were originally made by Derrington, and although I'm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.
> 
> =====
> Paul Misencik
> 1971 MGB Vintage Race Project
> Huntersville, NC  USA
> www.sopwithracing.com
> 

OK, that's interesting, but basically it's irrelevant -- I think I would
know if my engine had a crossflow head. <g>

--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires





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