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MGB HEAD [MGB ?]
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Sorry Jerry, the question is getting a lot of hits, but I think the choice of subject may have something to do with it. Personally I always look at anything entitled "HEAD", maybe it's just me, but with 20 something veiwings and no feedback I think people are disappointed. Try "top part of engine" or something like that.
he-he-he IMHO FWIW
Sorry Jerry, the question is getting a lot of hits, but I think the choice of subject may have something to do with it. Personally I always look at anything entitled "HEAD", maybe it's just me, but with 20 something veiwings and no feedback I think people are disappointed. Try "top part of engine" or something like that.
he-he-he IMHO FWIW
Nunyas
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Well, I for one, looked read the post, hoping to learn something or impart some information. Unfortunately, I had no information to provide on the specific question asked. So, I didn't reply...
I'm sure ~someone~ on these boards will have some sort of answer that'll help ya out in some way.
Well, I for one, looked read the post, hoping to learn something or impart some information. Unfortunately, I had no information to provide on the specific question asked. So, I didn't reply...
I'm sure ~someone~ on these boards will have some sort of answer that'll help ya out in some way.
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Tony? Doc?
Tony? Doc?
tony barnhill
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https://www.autochart.com/MGB_Head.htm
https://www.flowspeed.com/cylinder-ident.htm
https://www.mgbmga.com/tech/mgb25.htm
Hope you weren't really planning on using it on an MGB!
https://www.autochart.com/MGB_Head.htm
https://www.flowspeed.com/cylinder-ident.htm
https://www.mgbmga.com/tech/mgb25.htm
Hope you weren't really planning on using it on an MGB!
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They were used on:
Austin (A40, A50, A55)
Wolseley(15/50, 15/60, 1500)
Oxford
Cowley
Morris(10cwt. J/B, J/23, Van, Pick-up, Mini-bus etc.)
Nash Metropolitan(series II,III and 1500)
And (arguably) the very first MGA 1500 engines.
BUT,BUT,BUT.......
The only way to know for sure is to check the chamber volume and the valve diameter.
I expect you have a 38.7 cc chamber and small valves (MGA)
If you put that on a MGB that requires a 43 cc chamber.....
Well?.....It might go really-really fast for about 100 feet. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
They were used on:
Austin (A40, A50, A55)
Wolseley(15/50, 15/60, 1500)
Oxford
Cowley
Morris(10cwt. J/B, J/23, Van, Pick-up, Mini-bus etc.)
Nash Metropolitan(series II,III and 1500)
And (arguably) the very first MGA 1500 engines.
BUT,BUT,BUT.......
The only way to know for sure is to check the chamber volume and the valve diameter.
I expect you have a 38.7 cc chamber and small valves (MGA)
If you put that on a MGB that requires a 43 cc chamber.....
Well?.....It might go really-really fast for about 100 feet. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
tony barnhill
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/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gif (Now, how'd you find that info so quickly?) I had to get into my engine specification book to see what head it was...& that entailed going through each iteration of the engine - page by page - to find the casting number & then the specs for the head.
I suspect this is one of those "Buyer Beware" moments.
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gif (Now, how'd you find that info so quickly?) I had to get into my engine specification book to see what head it was...& that entailed going through each iteration of the engine - page by page - to find the casting number & then the specs for the head.
I suspect this is one of those "Buyer Beware" moments.
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I have one of those 11G216 casings and the only car I can think it came off of is a Metropolitan. Probably has an 'A' on the back. Don't put it on a B engine unless you want to go even slower. Many years ago I was trying to get an MGB tuned properly and I just could not get it to run like I thought it should. I checked cam lift,cam timing, ignition etc until I discovered it had the Datsun equivalent of this 11G216 installed. (Datsun copied the MGA engine in the sixties and was almost identical except for the vastly improved oil pump drive gears.)
Alan T
I have one of those 11G216 casings and the only car I can think it came off of is a Metropolitan. Probably has an 'A' on the back. Don't put it on a B engine unless you want to go even slower. Many years ago I was trying to get an MGB tuned properly and I just could not get it to run like I thought it should. I checked cam lift,cam timing, ignition etc until I discovered it had the Datsun equivalent of this 11G216 installed. (Datsun copied the MGA engine in the sixties and was almost identical except for the vastly improved oil pump drive gears.)
Alan T
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THATS GREAT!!!
Bought the head from a place in Birmingham Ala. called Matthews Foreign Car Parts. Pac-slip and decription on e-bay said 62-67 MGB. Did not see the casting number until I received the head. Has been lev with new hardened seats, new valve guides in it but when I put the valves in it they are a little small. Know anyone with a metro who needs a good head.
Thanks
Jerry
THATS GREAT!!!
Bought the head from a place in Birmingham Ala. called Matthews Foreign Car Parts. Pac-slip and decription on e-bay said 62-67 MGB. Did not see the casting number until I received the head. Has been lev with new hardened seats, new valve guides in it but when I put the valves in it they are a little small. Know anyone with a metro who needs a good head.
Thanks
Jerry
tony barnhill
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Call Matthews & tell them they sent you the wrong head & you want either the correct one or your money returned.
Call Matthews & tell them they sent you the wrong head & you want either the correct one or your money returned.
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The correct one is a 1622.
As you know these '16' heads are about impossible to find.
Coincidently, I've done quite a bit of recent research on MGA heads.
(Also try and find a 1622 block & crank....What a PITA!)
Next impossible mission......
I have 3 original Elva magnesium rims.....I NEED 1 more.
(They were a rare option)
Finding a HRG Derrington head for a 1622 is another fantasy. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
I bought the Elva not knowing it had the wrong engine in it.tony barnhill said:
The correct one is a 1622.
As you know these '16' heads are about impossible to find.
Coincidently, I've done quite a bit of recent research on MGA heads.
(Also try and find a 1622 block & crank....What a PITA!)
Next impossible mission......
I have 3 original Elva magnesium rims.....I NEED 1 more.
(They were a rare option)
Finding a HRG Derrington head for a 1622 is another fantasy. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
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You MUST have the Datsun cam & drive gears!
Yes.....And if you want a MGA to be able to run at 8,000 rpms......AlanT said:
You MUST have the Datsun cam & drive gears!
tony barnhill
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If Matthews sold it as an MGB head - definitely make them take it back & refund your money...if they won't - negative feedback.....Matthews is big business, they can do a refund!
If Matthews sold it as an MGB head - definitely make them take it back & refund your money...if they won't - negative feedback.....Matthews is big business, they can do a refund!
