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Old 07-21-2010, 03:54 PM
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Same as milling an old SBC aluminum intake? My heads are decked almost .060 and I know the FAST won't line up, there is room on the floor but the injector bungs would sit too high imo.

What's the correct method for milling plastic? Does my machinist need anything special?
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you can also get the intake surface of the head machined down. I just finished a build where we did this, 0.050 of the deck surface, 0.030 off the intake surface worked out perfectly. Roughly a ratio of .006 intake for every .010 deck side.This way the heads and intake remain interchangeable.
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That's a very good idea, I hadn't thought of that. Thank you for the quick response




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