Larry,
One of the other things you may want to do is to build up the head gasket. I
have a jig I use for the 948 engines I ran. If you peal back the copper fold
around the cylinder holes and lay in some additional .005 inch copper wire,
the heads will handle the increased pressure much better.
Nick Ehinger
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles & Peggy Robinson [mailto:ccrobins@ktc.com]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:19 AM
To: Larry Colen
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net; Larry Colen
Subject: Re: Dyno tuning a blown MGB
Hi Larry,
Sounds like you've had fun, sorta. (BG) You can bet that the head is
warped. Take it and get it trued. Any time a head gaske blows, the
head needs to be checked by a competent machine shop. Since you
overheatd it, I suggest you have the shop take a look at the exhaust
valves & seats too. Having it magnafluxed might be a good idea. If you
didn't chamfer the stud holes in the block before, this is a good time
to do it.
Have you thought about installing racing head studs & nuts?
Cheers,
CR
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