Last year I had a motor with 5/1000" clearance to the top of the
liners plus 22/1000" for the steel shim head gasket, but that was not
enough and the pistons hit the head. I know that 13/1000" to the top
of the liners is safe, but have not tried anything between 5 and
13/1000". Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: "mordy dunst/ gasket works" <gasket.works@verizon.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: Overheating Peyote
> > and lose some power. I automatically take 0.010" off of the
crowns of all
> > pistons so that I can more easily replace them. With the Cosworth
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> pistons,
> > you still have to take off some metal on the flat area of these
crowns.
>
>
> OR..... you can get an HG that is .010 thicker... That's what I do.
(Quite
> simple actually.) I use .032 or .043".
>
> Mordy
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