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milling stock heads?

Old Dec 10, 2005 | 05:55 PM
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how much horse power would I get if I had the heads milled so the compression is up to 10.5.1 ?will the stock internals hold up, is this worth it, Im staying N/A, so is it worth the power gain. will there be any P/V clearance probs?
Old Dec 10, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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not much....you will have some issues if you milled that much off
Old Dec 10, 2005 | 07:42 PM
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thats 1.5 in CR.. that is 45hp added in theory
Old Dec 10, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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plus you will have to mill the intakeand could have dist issues with how much will need to be shaven..like 60=90 thousand
Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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my friend got 90 tho taken off of his and his is fine, but i think he has other stuff done to the engine but im not shure
Old Dec 11, 2005 | 12:32 AM
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If you could mill .060-.090 off you could run into valve/piston clearance problems.
45 HP? I don't think so even in theory, maybe something like 15 HP........
Old Dec 11, 2005 | 03:14 AM
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sorry but for a typical 5.0 HO motor. a rise in .5 of CR is = to 15hp. so if he goes from 9.0 to 10.5 that would be 3x15=45 so yes in theroy it works. and if you dont believe me do some searching before doubting me. for a better source of looking look in the Offical Ford Mustang handbook. i could get technical and post page,paragraph and sentence of the fact but ill leave that for you to find yourself
Old Dec 11, 2005 | 10:42 AM
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quik.....dude chill where's those people shilz
Old Dec 11, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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im pushing awfully close to 11:1 on my 306 runnin on 94 and 93 with timing up in the 16 18 degrees on gt-40 irons shaved .040 and my p/v is fine and my intake sits fine

when that motor gets hot after a while and i got to start it back up it has a bit of trouble firing back up heat soak and what not but

it just is picky and the compression is nice and what not plenty of ***** and stuff just dont go to high if you do it will be completly crap for a true street car id say 10.5 is the max

Mine crept up to 11:1 by accident with the mods i made and its not even outta the hole on the block zero deck with forged flat tops with reliefs
Old Dec 11, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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i just had mine milled 40thousands and they said mine would be around 10:1 but they said they wouldn't recommend going nemore than that cause of pvc and if it over heated the heads would be done for

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