Actually, I think Comptune do hot road heads as well. A quick check of
the Winner's Circle web site will verify it (or not).
Unfortunately there is *no* way to verify that the head is anything
in particular (except its casting type). To see if it is likely to be a
comptune head, you's have to know what their porting philosophy
was, what size valves it has, etc etc etc. You'd have to recognize
whether ot not the resulting port shapes are good or not etc.
A receipt would help a little, but even then was the receipt for *this*
head? Or is this a poor man's imitation?
If it was me, I'd be valuing the car on the basis of an unknown quantity
for the engine (except for how well it runs).
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@mcione.com>
To: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
Cc: Mgs List Team. Net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 7:47 PM
Subject: RE: MGB Head
>Thanks for the info John. I am going to look at a car this weekend that is
>touted as having a Comptune head. If anyone can tell me how to identify
this
>head I would be grateful.
>
>Larry Hoy
>Denver, CO. USA
>1969 MGB Roadster
>1987 Jaguar XJ6 VDP
>"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
>=========================================================
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>> Behalf Of Susan and John Roper
>> Larry, Its a Comptune head. Comptune was the name used by Dave Tabor in
>> Ohio who made his reputation doing national level race heads for
>> spridgets. Tabor is dead but I believe his son is in business under the
>> same name. Tabor's heads were strictly full race. I'm not aware that
>> he did any serious B work, but could well be wrong. John
>
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