[Spridgets] Head Gasket

[Kitterer Bob]

Also on my rounds today was a stop to lend a hand with a young fellows 66' Sprite.  It was thought that he had a carb problem but by the time I arrived it had been determined that he currently had a 2 cylinder engine. So off came the head to discover that the head gasket was blown out between numbers 1 and 2 cylinders.  Now comes the real question, the engine was recently rebuilt and only has a 150 mile, what would cause a blow out of almost on inch of head gasket?  I know it has been discussed in recent times about what is the best head gasket but my being mobile sort of limits what and how much data I can keep or access.  It would be nice if I could make a good suggestion before they just order one from the usual source.

Bob Kitterer and Dolores

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) - in storage
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes - in storage