Thanks Rover for your ideas.
I have done most of them. When I overhaul/upgrade the engine (not too far in the future now) I will go with Aluminum heads and I like the starter suggestion (number 8). I will look at number 2 and 11. I will probably have a look at an aluminum water pump as well.
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