How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam?
03-02-2003, 07:16 PM
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How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? I Just installed the X1 last week,
Now Im gonna have my heads done next week.
how much can I safely mill the heads and b OK?
Now Im gonna have my heads done next week.
how much can I safely mill the heads and b OK?
03-03-2003, 04:17 AM
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? I talked to Jayson @ MTI personally about this. He told me they are installing this cam in cars with their Stg 2 head milled .030 and no clearance issues. As long as you have good spring pressure, .030 will be perfectly safe.
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? I highly doubt there will be enough PTV. That cam is extreeeemly close with out milling, now you take 30 thou off? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Damian:
<strong> I talked to Jayson @ MTI personally about this. He told me they are installing this cam in cars with their Stg 2 head milled .030 and no clearance issues. As long as you have good spring pressure, .030 will be perfectly safe.
Josh </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know very little about our motors, but through my research, the X1 cam is cutting it close by itself, without milling the heads. If what Jayson@MTI says is true than .030 milled sounds good to me. But what do you mean by good spring pressure? Will the manley springs that come in the MTI valvetrain package be sufficient with the X1 cam? And are you absolutely sure u can mill the stock heads .030 with the X1? No flames intended, just information needed. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<small>[ March 03, 2003, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: TanRchy ]</small>
<strong> I talked to Jayson @ MTI personally about this. He told me they are installing this cam in cars with their Stg 2 head milled .030 and no clearance issues. As long as you have good spring pressure, .030 will be perfectly safe.
Josh </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know very little about our motors, but through my research, the X1 cam is cutting it close by itself, without milling the heads. If what Jayson@MTI says is true than .030 milled sounds good to me. But what do you mean by good spring pressure? Will the manley springs that come in the MTI valvetrain package be sufficient with the X1 cam? And are you absolutely sure u can mill the stock heads .030 with the X1? No flames intended, just information needed. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<small>[ March 03, 2003, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: TanRchy ]</small>
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? Hmmmm Im still not sure?
Thanks for all the answere's guy's.
anyone else? Maybee I just need to call
MTI
Thanks for all the answere's guy's.
anyone else? Maybee I just need to call
MTI
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? mti told me the same... they run it on .030 heads. It scares me a little though.. 230 degrees 108 intake centerline, and 59x lift.. sounds like a crunch waiting to happen. Thunder ran their 230 cam with less left, 111 icl, and a head with .015 miled, and got .085 intake p to v clearnace. (I know it's a different lobe, but just using it as a fairly close example) Mti never said they measuerd their clearance, just said that it works... if it wasn't such a pain, it would be nice to measure the p to v clearance on the assembled heads, then have them milled as much as the measuerement would allow.
03-05-2003, 01:14 PM
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? I am running the Stage 2 Ls6 heads and X1 cam from MTI. The heads are milled .030. I have no clearance issues. It is tight but no problems. the springs do have to be up to snuff though. I had an independant shop look at the heads when I got them and they were supprised how much spring pressure there was.
03-06-2003, 01:07 AM
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by NataSS Inc:
<strong> I am running the Stage 2 Ls6 heads and X1 cam from MTI. The heads are milled .030. I have no clearance issues. It is tight but no problems. the springs do have to be up to snuff though. I had an independant shop look at the heads when I got them and they were supprised how much spring pressure there was. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">NATASS, what springs are you running with this setup? comments? thnx <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />
<strong> I am running the Stage 2 Ls6 heads and X1 cam from MTI. The heads are milled .030. I have no clearance issues. It is tight but no problems. the springs do have to be up to snuff though. I had an independant shop look at the heads when I got them and they were supprised how much spring pressure there was. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">NATASS, what springs are you running with this setup? comments? thnx <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by NataSS Inc:
<strong> I am running the Stage 2 Ls6 heads and X1 cam from MTI. The heads are milled .030. I have no clearance issues. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Same here. They installed Isky 6205 springs in mine in case I decide to spray.
If Jayson says it'll work...trust me, it'll work. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
<strong> I am running the Stage 2 Ls6 heads and X1 cam from MTI. The heads are milled .030. I have no clearance issues. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Same here. They installed Isky 6205 springs in mine in case I decide to spray.
If Jayson says it'll work...trust me, it'll work. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
03-06-2003, 07:11 PM
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Re: How much can I mill stock heads with an X1 cam? Welp I talked to MTI today,
and they said Im good to go at
.030 so well see. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
and they said Im good to go at
.030 so well see. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
