TREX and .040 Cometics....will it clear?

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12-23-2007, 08:50 PM

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TREX and .040 Cometics....will it clear?

Stock shortblock......stock heads.....TREX cam.....will I be ok swapping to an .040 head gasket to bump compression or will I have PTV issues?

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12-23-2007, 09:14 PM

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if you have stock heads/block you should be ok even with stock gasket.

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12-23-2007, 09:23 PM

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Correct....but I wanna run a thinner gasket than stock.

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12-23-2007, 09:27 PM

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I would fly cut the pistons...

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12-23-2007, 10:41 PM

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the .040 will not work. u barely have any clerance the way it is.

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12-23-2007, 11:38 PM

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the .040 will not work. u barely have any clerance the way it is.

Flycut it...

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12-24-2007, 12:36 AM

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Unlikely to fit

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