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Old 03-13-2024, 11:39 AM   #10
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Default Re: New Eddie Myers’s heads question

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Originally Posted by Ronnieroadster View Post
For most there's no reason to be concerned with squish. What you wrote about back in the 60's and the old days as well is still how its being done today by most people who just buy a set of heads bolt them on and go. There's really nothing wrong with doing that as long as checking for piston and valve clearance has been done prior to bolting a set of heads permanently.
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I'm curious about what you would do after "checking for piston and valve clearance" and found, as the O/P found, you had .141" clearance over the piston. I wouldn't think to "bolt them on and go" would be the best option.

But then again, I'm a real fan of optimum quench.
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