They may have been removing some material from the combustion chamber to
get the compression ratio lower after shaving the head.
At 09:32 AM 10/24/2000, Robin Krause wrote:
>I have two R16 heads and am hoping to combine the parts into one strong
>usable head. (Thank you Datsun Dave for that suggestion) While going over
>them at the machine shop, we noticed some strange things about the head that
>actually came out of my car. It had been significantly shaved, which was in
>itself not surprising, but the eyebrow shaped ridges next to the valves had
>been smoothed out, as well.
>
>My question is what is the "proper" head thickness for an R16 engine? If
>anyone also knows why the ridges would have been smoothed out too, that
>would be helpful.
>
>Thanks!
>Robin Krause
>68 1600
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Brian '68 1600
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