[Healeys] 100 alloy head

[Alan Seigrist]

The Ali head probably needs to be retorqued a little more often than a
steel head.... 10 years is a while, probably why the gasket blew.

On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 4:07 AM Lou G <lgalper1 at cox.net> wrote:

> I’ve been using the DW head for about 10 years. No problems till last week
> when white smoke came out on startup.  No white smoke since then, but maybe
> Roland will come over to pull head.  !
> Using the stock copper head gasket the whole time.
> Now AH Spares advertises a newly engineered head for those looking.
> Thankfully we have some choices.
>
> Lou
> AHC San Diego
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 alloy head
>
> I bought a Denis Welsh head. It is a simple bolt on but you are going to
> add  their studs and nuts and a steel cylinder head gasket - at least that
> is what I did. Go to the web site and read all that applies to cylinder
> heads. You can buy a bare head or one that has been prepped for street or
> competition. It is cheaper to buy from the UK than from the US resellers.
> I only have 70 miles on my BN1 but so far so good.
>
> -Roland
> BN1 #724
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