Thread: Relieved Block
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Old 08-21-2021, 09:50 AM   #9
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Default Re: Relieved Block

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Originally Posted by Ol' Ron View Post
I don't believe in relieving the block anymore. I did back in my early days , but after due consideration in airflow decided that relieving a block was a waste of time and just lowered compression. So for the last 50 years I skipped this mod. Besides, it makes it hard to install rings in the bore.
Gramps
Came to the same conclusion more than 60 years ago after spending many hours relieving my first (one and only) block.
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