what is the safest the piston can come out of the block?
01-26-2004, 07:02 PM
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Mine are coming out about .010. I read a post a while back and a guy was running .015 out but that is as far as I have seen. From what I have been told anything under .010 should be fine.
01-27-2004, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by LOnSLO
Mine run out .020".I'm running thick gaskets though.
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01-27-2004, 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by GrannySShifting
Are thick gaskets an okay way to solve that, or you run into "dirty" spots in the combustion chamber like that?
Jason what do you think about this??
01-27-2004, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Moose
Which head gaskets are you running.. not that far out, but not far off..
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01-27-2004, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris@AP-Engineering
.007-.010" out of the hole is what factory is. You can go about .015" out max. I would try to keep it around the factory spec's.
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