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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Gregory
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I'm not asking for an analysis of my compression.
The question is: "What is the maximum anyone has milled their 243 series heads?"

Nothing hypothetical here.

The answer would come in the form of thousands of an inch (.xxx"), or millimeters (x.xx mm).
With that attidude



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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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here is your answer, you can safely take off .015 off stock heads, you done fucked yours.
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
here is your answer, you can safely take off .015 off stock heads, you done fucked yours.
dude seriously i guess 90% of gm heads are fuckerd up...... but run so good, i dont get it
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
here is your answer, you can safely take off .015 off stock heads, you done fucked yours.
hmmm, I do not believe this to be correct.

I have seen stock 243 & 241 heads milled .030" & my stock casting 5.3 heads are milled .018" with a single issue.
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