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posted by Gary L on Mon Aug 8 04:23 CST 2005
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Can anyone tell me what the minimum safe height might be on a B20E head (with respect to valve-to-piston clearance) using a stock "D" cam and 0.030 head gasket? I had to have the head on my ITB race engine resurfaced, and I want to make sure I'm not in parts-kissing territory. The block has been zero-decked, by the way... pistons are AT block deck height, NOT below. My preliminary measurements (I'm taking it back to the machine shop for a 2nd opinion) show the head is currently 0.050"/.3mm below the stock height of 3.33"/84.8mm.

On a separate but related subject... any educated guesses as to what compression ratio would result from the above numbers? Combustion chambers are unmodified, bore is .030" over.

Thanks in advance.
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1971 142E ITB racer, 1973 1800ES, 2002 S60 T5

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