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whats the safe amount to mill a head
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    Posted: 03 Aug 2013 at 6:56am
on a b with m&w sleeves and pistons.need to keep in mind this is a hand crank tractor.thanks for any input.
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.100 inch. Remember the  original compression was about 5.7 to 1... You will only get to about 6.5 to 1 if your lucky.  Wont ever be a "high compression " motor.
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Originally posted by mjbower mjbower wrote:

on a b with m&w sleeves and pistons.need to keep in mind this is a hand crank tractor.thanks for any input.


Up to .200 can be taken off without a problem. That is the most that I have removed on several heads.
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I determined how much I could remove when building my pulling engines by sawing a head and boring into the firing chamber. This took all the opinions and myths out of what can or can not be done.







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Remember to take a stone on a die grinder and chamfer ( round )   The crap out of the edge of the combustion chamber. You don't want any sharp edges.
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I do not know if the diferences in head stud loctation or any other issues would.make it not interchange but the 149 head has no combustion chamber and is flat.it would up the compression if it will inerchange.
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That's very true Pank. I do have a flat head for sale is anyone is interested.
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Originally posted by volfan volfan wrote:

I do not know if the diferences in head stud loctation or any other issues would.make it not interchange but the 149 head has no combustion chamber and is flat.it would up the compression if it will inerchange.


They will not interchange but if they would then you need to figure out how do you would keep the valves from contacting the pistons .
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LEE??? OK, LOL that's cute. 
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Dick, its been a year or so since i did the "figuring", but it thought about .150 inch and the valves "might" touch the piston tops, so i stopped at .100 ... Did you cut into the pistons for valve clearance, or is the clearance really over .200 ?
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Here you go Dick. I didn't have anything to do.
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thanks everybody i think ill stick with .100 off from it to play it safe.
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Originally posted by steve(ill) steve(ill) wrote:

Dick, its been a year or so since i did the "figuring", but it thought about .150 inch and the valves "might" touch the piston tops, so i stopped at .100 ... Did you cut into the pistons for valve clearance, or is the clearance really over .200 ?

I took .200 off with no problems.
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Mike, if you want to take it to the limit, let me know and you can borrow my sonic thickness tester. Hope to see you in Mulliken tomorrow. Ken
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