oh.. always have it shaved?.. bugger. Can anyone confirm this please?.. 
i'd rather not waste the $130 it cost to get a VRS for the engine. I must 
admit though it does make sense.. but then that means that heads are a 
consumable as the compression ratio will go up and up and after a few 
times will be seriously different from intended.. no?

Dave

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 3/14/02, 11:04:50 AM, "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding 
Re: Basic head cleaning:


> not really to do with getting the old gasket off, but today i filled my
> spray gun with degreaser and some kero, cranked the pressure as high as 
it
> would go, bloody hell it made ligth work of cleaning up the a87 i have 
here,
> took about a minute or two to go from black to a nice shiney aluminium.. i
> was under the impression that when you take a alloy head off, you should
> always have it shaved??
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:41 PM
> Subject: Basic head cleaning


> > G'day guys,
> >
> > I am cleaning up my L24 head tonight (as in just removing all the crap
> > and reminants of the old head gasket) and was wondering what methods you
> > guys used to get all the stuck on gunk off.
> > Have heard several things from paint scrapers to sand-paper. I'd prefer
> > not to have to pay to get the head shaved if i screw it up so just
> > thought i'd ask for some options.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
> >


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