On Nov 14, 9:25am, Gano, Ken wrote:
> When an engine is "milled" is the material removed from the head, the
> block or both?
You mill a head - you deck a block.
> Do you try to take a minimum amount of material so as to
> true the piece or is there some optimum amount? What is that amount?
Depends if you want to raise the compression or not.
> Can I "port" the head myself? (In the basement, with a Dremmel tool and
> significantly impaired on Michelobe beer) or is that the type work best
> left to the machine shop?
Depends on how well you want it to work... You can easily clean
up the flow a bit yourself, but if you want an optimal job, you
need a flow bench, and a bit of experience, etc.
> Does anyone have experience with a product called Red Glyptal? Is it
> worth the effort?
I use it when I rebuild engines.
John Lye
rjl6n@virginia.EDU
http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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