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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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found out from the shop last night that my heads were milled .015. how much of a difference would it make if i milled an additional .010? perfrormance wise?
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I think the rule of thumb is every .006 milled off = 1cc less.

So I'd guess you would be reducing the cc's by an additional 1.67cc.

Play around with a DCR calculator and see what that does to your #'s.

What size gasket do you plan to use?
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