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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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Ready to order my pistons and was looking for some opinions. It'll be a 3.903 bore. Deciding between dished pistons and small cc heads or flat tops with large cc heads. What has more aftermarket head options? I already have 317 heads but can get them milled if I go dished.
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Ready to order my pistons and was looking for some opinions. It'll be a 3.903 bore. Deciding between dished pistons and small cc heads or flat tops with large cc heads. What has more aftermarket head options? I already have 317 heads but can get them milled if I go dished.
I have a couple of turbo builds with -4cc flat tops & 72cc heads that run pretty good. I think they are around 9.4 SCR.
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What has more aftermarket head options
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Any other opinions?
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Wiseco has a 3.903 11cc dish. I think you would have more head options particularly used heads as a lot of those have been milled somewhat
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Wiseco has a 3.903 11cc dish. I think you would have more head options particularly used heads as a lot of those have been milled somewhat
This is definitely a good point. I guess that my 317s would be pretty worthless at that point. i wonder if i could have them milled enough to get the compression to 9.5:1
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im running a 18cc dish with 63cc heads, with ls9 gaskets it put me at 9.6:1
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Originally Posted by p8ntslinger676
im running a 18cc dish with 63cc heads, with ls9 gaskets it put me at 9.6:1
this doesnt seem right to me. what was your piston deck clearance.
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