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Old 09-30-2003, 12:54 AM
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Default How much can stock heads be milled safely?

I'm gonna get me an extra set of heads soon (4-5 weeks, depends on cash flow!). So, I was wanting to know how much I could get my heads milled? How much power am I looking at getting milled heads vs. not getting them milled? I really am thinking about getting a procharger or kenne bell next year. Would that affect my choice a whole lot?

I will also be adding an ASP Crank Pulley, flex-a-lite 292 electric fans, and 3.90 or 4.10 gears w/ Eaton.

I figure after all that I should be running low-mid 14s in the quarter and around 310-320rwhp (w/o a blower)

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DO NOT mill them if you are going FI
Old 09-30-2003, 04:20 PM
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Mine are milled .050 and no clearence issues. I hear you can go up to .070 on them but with your cam I would be very careful about valve clearence. With stock bottom end and my heads milled .050 it brought my compression to @10.3:1.
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