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Originally Posted by Z1Performance you can neither do a thinner headgasket, nor mill the heads for increased compression on these engines, given that they use a 1 piece front cover

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Old 09-15-2009, 08:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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you can neither do a thinner headgasket, nor mill the heads for increased compression on these engines, given that they use a 1 piece front cover that goes from the oil pan to the heads

if you want compression you either make the combustion chambers smaller, or you do it through the piston
Interesting. Well there goes a bunch of hotrodding stuff' learned thoughout quite a few years. Just shows.... just when you think ya know, ya probably don't.
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Interesting. Well there goes a bunch of hotrodding stuff' learned thoughout quite a few years. Just shows.... just when you think ya know, ya probably don't.
if you're thinking domestic V8's, yeah different ball of wax. Pushrods make things way easier in this regard from a packaging perspective.
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