Head skimming, how much???

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Head skimming, how much???

Postby harris-hpe on Sat May 06, 2006 6:20 pm

In process of rebuilding an engine for my fiesta si 2.0 conversion and I want to know how much I can get away with skimming the head.

anybody?

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Postby j7aoc on Sat May 06, 2006 7:32 pm

My mate did mine i paid £35 but most time's around £50 and it's best to tak of as little as poss as will higher your compression wich is very bad :aaah:
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Postby harris-hpe on Sat May 06, 2006 8:40 pm

Think you have the wrong end of the stick, its normally aspirated and I want to skim the head to higher the compression ratio but I want to know how much i can get away with without valve to piston contact, now thats bad!!!

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Postby j7aoc on Sat May 06, 2006 9:30 pm

harris-hpe :Think you have the wrong end of the stick, its normally aspirated and I want to skim the head to higher the compression ratio but I want to know how much i can get away with without valve to piston contact, now thats bad!!!

Thanks anyway j7aoc
sorry thought it was a 2.0 turbo :lol:
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Postby harris-hpe on Sat May 06, 2006 10:43 pm

I wish!

No worries, cheerz neways :Q
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Postby harris-hpe on Mon May 08, 2006 1:30 pm

anybody have a clue because I want to send my head off this week and need to know how much I can get skimmed off

any help would be appreciated asap
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