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Re: Valve guide in south bay / peninsula

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Subject: Re: Valve guide in south bay / peninsula
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:44:40 -0800
Did you try O'Connors?

on 1/8/03 10:19 AM, Larry Colen at lrcar@red4est.com wrote:

> It turns out that my ported head was cracked, not just warped, so the
> leak may have been the crack rather than a blown gasket.  Anyways, my
> old, stock, head needs new valve guides.  I missed finding out that I
> needed them in time for BMS to order them on the order Dave sent out
> by about half an hour yesterday.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> What are the relative advantages of cast iron vs. bronze valve
> guides? Both Dave at BMS and my machinist prefer cast iron because
> they last a lot longer, but can't quantify how much longer. Dave does
> have bronze guides in stock, but I very much want to do things right.
> 
> Other than British Motorsports, are there any places between San Mateo
> and Campbell that are likely to have cast iron guides in stock?
> 
> lrc
> 


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