Diagnostic query (clutch?)

[tomti]

... it's an expensive business.

Isn't everything?

It's a 1098 and I've actually got a 940 head that I bought a while back (with a view to boosting the engine's performance a bit) so maybe that's the way to go. Is there an idiot-proof (or at least idiot-with-some-reading-proof) way of telling if the head I've got's in decent nick or should I take it to a professional for their opinion?

I had thought I'd better beef up the brakes before installing a more free-flowing head (and have some Wolseley drums and backplates in a box waiting to be rebuilt with this in mind) but do you think I could get away with just doing the head swap and taking it easy for the moment?

Does anyone know if insurers get aerated about 940 heads on 1098 engines? I know it's a popular upgrade on here so maybe someone with one can say?

-Tom

[bmcecosse]

Just tell them you fitted an unleaded head from a Mini.... On it's own, it's not going to make any great difference to performance. If it doesn't have a bypass hose stub - it's definitely unleaded. But don't worry too much even if it has a stub - just use it and reset the gaps from time to time. The W brakes are the way to go......but standard brakes will be fine too unless you are insane......???

[tomti]

...standard brakes will be fine too unless you are insane......???

Not as far as I'm aware, but then I'd be the last to know, wouldn't I...

Thanks - I'll have a look at that 940 head again and see what I can see.

-Tom