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Old 05-18-2002, 04:57 PM
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Im going to have my heads milled im looking to get as much compression as possible I don`t want to take them to ragged edge or have a possible intake sealing problem
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does anybody know how much to mill the heads to give you how much compresson without a problem
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by TUFFLS1:
<strong>does anybody know how much to mill the heads to give you how much compresson without a problem</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">60thous will give you 10:8:1 compression bro.That is the most that I would go on milling.I would get the rest from thinner head gaskets.
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60 thou sounds like a lot I was thinking more like 35 thou my cylinder heads are 67cc had them checked. with a stock headgasket and milling 35 thou & je flat top what kind of compresson are you guys thinking oh ya block was deck 5 thou I was hopeing to be around 10.8.1 let me know
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Be careful.. Milling decreases your cam options.. You will need fly cuts in the pistons if you want a big cam..
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I have je pistons they are fly cut I think they cut ther pistons 250 thou or up to 700 lift I know im not going that big
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That cam in that thing is huge.




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