piston hit the head
Hello, I restore a ford a baquet from uruguay. I suspect engine block
and cylinder head was skimmed much to increase the compression.
The engine builder now skimmed only the necessary minimal
thickness and warned me to pay attention when assemble the engine.
Now after crank, connecting rod and piston fitting I`m smarter.
When Piston is top dead, the head is laying on the piston.
Between head and block there is a gap now of about 1,3 mm (0,0512).
The compound head gasket A-6051-M (snyders) give me a compensable
thickness of 2,3 mm (0,09055) but not torqued. Any experience out
there how thick is the gasket if everything is squashed and
torqued down a while (twice).Any proposals, how much I should trim
down the piston head. Thanks in advance
Rik
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