I finally saved up enough money to have the head for the MG rebuilt. I took it to Mic Jones and he did a fantastic job on it. He replaced the valves with bigger ones, both intake and exhaust. All of the valve guides were replaced, and it got triple springs.
Mic asked me why I didn't do this work when I got the motor redone. I told him I thought I had. Turns out Auto-Mann had just done a simple overhaul on the head.
Anyway, I have a new head ready to go on the motor. I ordered a few parts from Moss, including a new high performance head gasket.
Once I had the head back on I took it back to Mic to have the carbs tuned. He tuned them up and the car is running in the best shape of its life.
Baby number two has arrived - Eden Drew.
In 1992 I bought my first car, a 1978 Brooklands Green MGB roadster. I have gone through 3 engine rebuilds since then and the car is in a constant state of repair. The pure joy of driving the MG makes up for all of the hours spent working on it.
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