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revkev6 · 08-08-2018, 08:27 AM

I milled .045 and .055 off a used set of edelbrock heads to get the clearance I wanted. I bought it as a stock unfired rebuild. looked like the deck had been skimmed but there was .010 difference per side.

seems to run good. definitely sounds different than my last motor which had about .070

08-08-2018, 08:27 AM	#15
revkev6 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: western Mass Posts: 365	Re: Piston to head clearancing I milled .045 and .055 off a used set of edelbrock heads to get the clearance I wanted. I bought it as a stock unfired rebuild. looked like the deck had been skimmed but there was .010 difference per side. seems to run good. definitely sounds different than my last motor which had about .070