7mgte head thickness?

[munro701]

so i could my head to my uncles machine shop and we noticed that the head dosnt show any stampings of how much the last place took off. i bought engine used and it had already had a MLS head gasket so i am assuming the previous owner had it milled. i was wondering if there is a place somewhere on the head that you can measure to see how thick the head is now vs. when it came brand new.

side note...does anybody know of someone who can lend me a torque plate?

 

[munro701]

after further searching i found this....

Seen this question asked on many occasions, here's the HG's for dummies version

1) Stock HG = 1.37mm compressed

2) Stock head = 116mm deck to valve cover surface

3) Stock block = 198.5mm from deck to main bearing saddle

If 2 and 3 are less that amount needs to be added to 1 to retain the stock compression ratio and squish/quench.

When resurfacing the Block be sure to take the Timing Case along to have it done at the same time or your new HG will fail in miles.

Block measurement = 198.5mm/7.81"

i apologize for the waste of thread space...