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11-28-2003 04:36 PM #1
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Head shaving???
I was talkin to my local speed shop about ideas in heads and he suggested machining(shaving) the bottom of the heads. the heads I have Now are 1977 74cc and he said he could take them down to 70cc or more to give me a better compression to still run pump gas(canadian pump gas it sucks!!!) as well as saving money rather than buying other heads.
good or bad idea and is it worth it....
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11-29-2003 05:21 AM #2
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Oh. I thought this thread was about skinheads. I'd say go for it. If you don't like it it'll grow back.
Are these heads on the 56 Pontiac engine or a 1977 Chevy engine? If it's a chevy you would gain more power by switching to earlier (pre smog controlled) heads. With a little luck you can find them for less money than milling (or shaving) the heads.
AL" Im gone'
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11-29-2003 05:52 AM #3
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.With all this head shaving going on its hard to tell when yur out in the public if yur in the middle of a Neo-Nazi convention or you just walked into a nursing home.!!......Everybody is looking some damn old.!!!...............Except me of course....
The cylinders have to be inline.!!!
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11-29-2003 10:45 AM #4
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streets is right if they aint warped someone is after some extra christmas moneyIt ain't broke if you can fix it.
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11-29-2003 06:40 PM #5
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what would be a good head to run and still get some good performance being non-votec or 305????
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11-30-2003 01:03 PM #6
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Most double hump heads are good, if you can find them, they flow good and are small combustion chambers, How about a thinner head gasket? ever thought of that, steel shim?
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11-30-2003 05:19 PM #7
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High Temp paint
Hey Tech.!!..Your the first I've heard tell in a long time of using aluminum paint on shim head gaskets ....I do exactly like ya said ..Bolt em on with a wet coat.....Right on.!!.....
The cylinders have to be inline.!!!
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12-01-2003 08:53 PM #8
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what is usually worth to have heads magnafluxed???
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