re: MGB Cylinder Head

[Colin Brace <BRACEC@A1.MGH.HARVARD.EDU>]

          Chris,
               I'll second what Marc Sayer wrote, a rough mating surface on 
          the head is NOT correct, my head was warped only 4 thou in the 
          middle and it was blowing water into the center cylinders. Hope he 
          didn't take too much off that when you have this corrected (by a 
          machinist, this time ;-)), he doesn't take too much off that you 
          cant use pump gas, 'cuz B's can be rather octane sensitive with the 
          stock compression ratio. Unfortunately, smoothing the head is the 
          only real fix. Been there.
          
          Hope this helps.
          
          BTW, am getting answers back from the WW2-L on the Crosley/B-29 
          connection, I'll summarize later, but it has the makings of an 
          urban legend. Stay tuned.
          
          Colin      WA1KWA
          
          74 MGB
          73 BMW 3.0s
          
          bracec@a1.mgh.harvard.edu