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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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What is the ms3's piston to valve clearence?
Stock ls6 heads.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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You'll have plenty on the stock head.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Kraest
You'll have plenty on the stock head.
How about on aftermarket heads (AFR,ETP)?
Do plan on doing heads later on.. Not sure if aftermarket or if I should just get my stock ls6 heads massaged...
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You'll have plenty on any of those heads. Once you start milling them and/or changing the thickness of the head gasket is when you'll need to start measuring PtV.
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i would not say plenty anytime your doin a cam that big you should check pv. I am in the process of puttin darts on my ms3 and the valves are hitting i just sent them back to tsp bc they are not much smaller the stock heads so they should clear.
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