[Healeys] Mike Salter. Bronze guides

[i erbs]

what's the advantage to bronze guides?

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
1959 BN4 100-6
with BT7 engine and disk brakes.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> I think the 'trick' is to ream extra clearance in the guides (esp. the
> exhaust).  We didn't give specific instructions to the guy who built my
> head, but he is a race engine builder and probably knew to do this.
>
> Or maybe I just got lucky.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> I have used bronze valve guides and have always had trouble with them,
> I've made them work but it's always been a hassle.  I don't do it anymore.
>
> Cheers, Henry Morrison, Albuquerque, NM
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
> Sure wish I'd read that article before I put 110K miles--still going
> strong--on my BJ8 with stock iron head and bronze valve guides.
>
> Bob
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
> Great article and sleuth work on figuring out why bronze guides and cast
> iron heads are a bad idea in this month's Healey Marque Magazine. Love the
> technical jargon, ie all black and yucky. Good job explaining all the
> technical stuff.
> Cheers
>
> Mr. Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20160127/850662c0/attachment.html>