Hi everyone!

Well i got some bad news yesterday, took the head of my car and it has six cracks in it. I'm supprised it was still running!

So now i'm looking for a new 1275 head.

Ryan

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Ryan Filippi
Minis In The Gong
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www.minisinthegong.com.au

have a few crack free mg metro heads
pm sent

can anyone shed some light on the mg metro heads for me?
Are they any good?
What work would i need to do to them?

The engine isnt standard bore (not sure what size, but a little bit bigger) but other then that it is a fairly standard setup, i'm also putting twin carbs on the car, so i want it to have a little poke, and dont want the head to restrict the power.

Any other advice or questions i should ask when looking for heads?

Cheers Ryan

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Ryan Filippi
Minis In The Gong
[email protected]
www.minisinthegong.com.au

Metro heads have big valves.

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Some metro heads have big valves.

Has been said by some to be the best factory produced head

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

mg metro heads/also vanden plas im led to believe are the big valve type(same valve sizes as cooper s)
normal metro/1275 a plus/injection heads all have the smaller valves
it is very difficult to tell what head has what valves just by looking at the outside as unfortunantly the A Plus heads look the same(12g940 is part number across the board)

Not much really wrong with an MG Metro head.
They need less porting mods than others to go fasterrrrrrrrr.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I don't know what year they changed to unleaded for UK but my MG metro engine didn't have unleaded seats in the head when I got it. I had Liddells do the head work and my dyno results are on here somewhere.

My car is stock bottom end.

Never, ever gets too hot, which is what I like about late model heads.

M

mg/vdp a+ big valve head USUALLY has an extra bit of casting behind the thermostat housing, its not as flat looking as a stock 1275 head, look for pics of john's? Midas gold, its got an a+ head i think, and from memory you can see the differance behind the thermostat.

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Another feature of the MG metro head is no bypass

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

..... and 3 groove collets/valves. Different to all the previous 1275 ones.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

my girlfiend gives great head (but dont tell my wife)

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

al - is she an A head or A+ head?

As said you can see the external difference in this shot behind the thermo housing, this is a MG metro A+



Jon

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van