Chris,
I'll have to a little more checking to see how much I really know (or
don't know) about the subject, but In my foray last summer with head
gaskets, I seem to remember that the Stanpart gaskets I bought were for
both the 1300 and 1500. Additionally, all the 1500 engines I have seen
apart have the groove around the top of the cylinders. I have a 1300
engine but don't have the energy to pop the head and have a look.
Joe
Chris Lillja wrote:
>
> One thing to watch out for in swapping Spit 1300 and 1500 heads back and
>forth is that
> the Spit block changed to (or from?) a "recessed" bore when the TR6 did.
>There's two
> kinds of Spit block, like there's two kinds of TR6 block and they take a
>different type
> of head gasket. If you use the wrong kind, it will leak. My guess is this
>change happened
> when the Spit and the TR6 engines were "semi-rationalized" somewhere in the
>MKIV era....
> "The difference between a horse and a goat is more than a pair of horns..." -
>"Kas" Kastner
>
> Chris Lillja
> TR4A
> Norton Commando
> Spit MKIV
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