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Re: [Fot] TR4 head milling

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Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 head milling
From: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman via Fot" <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 16:46:46 -0700
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Just a comment or two from my archives:

According to Ken Gillanders, the stock head measures between 3.325 and 
3.330 from the valve cover gasket surface to the head gasket surface. So 
be sure to check the head height in case they head had previously been 
shaved. When the head casting was changed to include a diagonal flat 
section on the underside of the lower thermostat housing the thickness 
of metal between the bottom of the head and the internal water passages 
was increased. So I suggest not shaving the earlier heads with rounded 
lower thermostat housing beyond surfacing shaves.

> *Sent: *Saturday, April 6, 2024 1:50 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Fot] TR4 head milling
>
> Working with my dad (uncle jack) we considered 0.130 to 0.150 "normal" 
> to mill, 0.190 to be where it started to get dangerous.  That said, 
> there is some variability from head to head on where the internal 
> water passages are.
>

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    <p>Just a comment or two from my archives:</p>
    <p>According to Ken Gillanders, the stock head measures between
      3.325 and 3.330 from the valve cover gasket surface to the head
      gasket surface. So be sure to check the head height in case they
      head had previously been shaved. When the head casting was changed
      to include a diagonal flat section on the underside of the lower
      thermostat housing the thickness of metal between the bottom of
      the head and the internal water passages was increased. So I
      suggest not shaving the earlier heads with rounded lower
      thermostat housing beyond surfacing shaves.<br>
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            </b><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net";
              moz-do-not-send="true">Tony Drews via Fot</a><br>
            <b>Sent: </b>Saturday, April 6, 2024 1:50 PM<br>
            <b>To: </b><a href="mailto:thompsong@prodigy.net";
              moz-do-not-send="true">GREGORY THOMPSON</a>; <a
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              Triumph</a><br>
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        <p>Working with my dad (uncle jack) we considered 0.130 to 0.150
          "normal" to mill, 0.190 to be where it started to get
          dangerous.  That said, there is some variability from head to
          head on where the internal water passages are.</p>
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