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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 01:20 AM
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how much can i cut off a 873 casting this is the cast iron truck heads i need the smallest combustion chamber possible and still be somewhat thick. is it possible to get around 60cc? i believe there 70's now
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i would think you may run into a sealing issue with the intake if your milling that much
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i would think you may run into a sealing issue with the intake if your milling that much
Not to mention loosing threads for the bolts to grap.
Dont mill anymore than .030
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Not to mention loosing threads for the bolts to grap.
Dont mill anymore than .030
but the holes in the heads aren't threaded, i must be missing something
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i think hes talking about the intake bolts and im running a victor jr ls1 intake so the can mill it to match righ back up im just trying to get some compresion out of a damn 5.3 and with factory dish pistons a 6.0 heads it just isnt working out ive already decked the block .010 just to clean things up i reall need some l33 pistons but cant seem to find any
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