the main problem with milling the haed 100 th. is that the pistons hit the
head , if someone has put flat tops in the 1600 then you have no problem ,
unless the deck will not hold , call me for more detail on this... as it is
too much to type
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Smart <Ken.Smart@tip.csiro.au>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: Head and Brake questions
>Gordon,
>You should have checked out your great remodeled web site!
>On the Rising Sun Racing Archives - 1600 Head page it says...
>"A new 1600 head is 3.248" (82.5mm) thick; use this dimension to determine
>how much your head has been cut. When a 1600 head has been cut over .060"
>it usually raises the compression ratio so high that it is difficult to
>keep the engine from
>pinging even with retarded timing and premium fuel."
>
>Ken Smart
>67.5 1600 (SR20 Blown Head again DOH!)
>Sydney Australia home of the Olympics fiasco!
>
>At 21:33 30/05/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>That would be way too much for a U20 head, but I don't know about the R16.
>>If no one has any hard
>>data, I'd say CC the chambers first to see what the compression ratio
would
>>be. If it works out
>>okay, clay the pistons to see what the piston-to-valve clearance is.
>>
>>Bahnseye@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> I have a 1600 head with 100 thousandths milled off of it! I have not
>had the
>>> courage to bolt it on, tho!
>>>
>>> JH Bahn
>>
>>--
>>Gordon Glasgow
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
>
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