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valve piston clearence!!!!!!!!HELP!!

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Old 07-07-2008, 10:00 PM
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Default valve piston clearence!!!!!!!!HELP!!

my friend has a stock bottom end with a z303 he has stock heads all worked to the max,intake an hp carb...........how thick of a head gasket should he get to fix the clearence issue,also hes spraying the car so the whole compression thing shouldnt matter?also whats the max lift you can have in a stock bottom end
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Default RE: valve piston clearence!!!!!!!!HELP!!

lift has nothing to do with ptv and if your friend wants to correct the issue a thicker head gasket is not the answer...notching the pistons is
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