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starscream5000

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Remember, you will have higher compression since material has been taken off of the head, I don't know how much material needs to be taken off the head and block to make the engine an interferance motor, but you may want to be careful....
 

TargaMK3Turbo

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starscream5000 said:
Remember, you will have higher compression since material has been taken off of the head, I don't know how much material needs to be taken off the head and block to make the engine an interferance motor, but you may want to be careful....

Well, 0.001 is about the size of a strand of hair iirc.

I had 0.006 taken off so I think I might be alright.
 

starscream5000

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While .0006 may not be a big of a deal to you, you have to think about the previous owners. From what you've said already it looks as if the HG has been repaired once already, so it's a good possibility that there was material already taken off of the head before you had it done...