My newly reconditioned rods are back, so next the machinist will check the actual piston to deck height, with milling of deck to take place next week.
The heads have .020 off now. The deck will have to be milled .005 more on one side than the other to get it equal side to side, based upon previous measurements. If I end up having one side milled .015 and the other .020, how much needs to be taken off the intake or head to intake mounting surface? I looked it up on a web site and it appeared to show that 1.4 times the amount milled from head/deck should be removed, if I was reading the chart correctly. Still planning on using a steel head gasket.
Mike
Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.
