Ken, Arte you sure about that number? .25 is a quarter of an inch. That seems to be a bit extreme for milling a head. If it is a 1500 head on a 1500 engine, it would give you about 250 pounds of compression on each cylinder and ping like a pinball machine.
I might buy .025 whoch would be a bit more reasonable. On the other hand, a quarter of an inch would be reasonable for a 1500 head on a 1300 engine because the heads are about a quarter inch thicker than those of a 1300 to begin with. I learned this the hard way! :) Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:58 PM Subject: Re: 1980 Spitfire Head > A machine shop removed about 0.25" on mine, yielded about 9.6:1 with flat > top pistons.. So, probably around 0.2". > > I did not replace the pushrods, but it's something easily checked when > assembling the engine. > > Ken C Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
