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Old 10-05-2002, 05:43 PM
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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 horist:
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I'm thinking of getting TEA Stage II 5.3 heads....

It's only 75 bux to have TEA mill the heads .050 (which I believe raises compression to 11.1)

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't know if milling heads as much as .050" will cause problems with the LS1, but there comes a point that the intake manifold will not align correctly with the heads if the heads have been flat milled more than a certain amount.

You may get a vacumm leak if the allignment is off. Just something to think about......

I am not going to mill my 5.7L heads more than .035" just to be safe.

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If you go with TEA heads their standard CNC combustion chamber milled .030 will result in 11.5:1 CR. Just food for thought.
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