Joe,
Absolutely right! I did just that before deciding how much to shave and I'm
happy with the result.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
http://www.vicwhit.com
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> Rather than measuring the head thickness, you should really be measuring the
>thickness from the surface that mates with the block to the top of the
> combustion chamber. That is the important part! There is a possibility that
>the upper part of heads from various suppliers may be different and
> therefore lead to erroneous assumptions.
>
> Joe
>
> Vic Whitmore wrote:
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > I dug through my old emails to find this one I sent to Bob Harris in March
>of
> > last year.
> >
> > "I've been practicing my port and polishing on a 1500 head marked RKC0589.
>AFAIK
> > it is a replacement head. It measures out to 3.052". I have no reason to
>suspect
> > that it has been shaved."
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