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RE: TR6 heads

To: "'Triumphs List'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: TR6 heads
From: "Ricker, Brian R." <rickerbr@Maritz.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:02:36 -0600charset="iso-8859-1"
> Based on what little I know the compression ratio was dropped 
> in 1972 and
> again in 1974 to allow the engine to pass the more stringent 
> NOx emissions
> standards. The compression ratio was dropped by simply increasing the
> thickness of the gasket side of the casting. Why not 
> uncorrect the problem
> by just shaving the head. 
> 
> Still confused and standing (on my head)in the odds and ends corner

Is the concern that once a head is overmilled obviously it is a throwaway
item and 
getting a replacement might be a problem? 

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