I'm going to bump the compression up on my 89' by milling the head.  I don't want to lose combustion chamber volume though.  Is it better to mill the top of the cylinder block instead of the base of the head?

How much material can I remove on a stock motor before piston-to-valve clearance becomes an issue?  (I will clay it up before I start cutting but I'm just looking for a ballpark figure).  Also, do I need to slot the cam sprockets to degree in the cam or will it be *ok*?

Quote from: V8PintoI'm going to bump the compression up on my 89' by milling the head.  I don't want to lose combustion chamber volume though.  Is it better to mill the top of the cylinder block instead of the base of the head?

How much material can I remove on a stock motor before piston-to-valve clearance becomes an issue?  (I will clay it up before I start cutting but I'm just looking for a ballpark figure).  Also, do I need to slot the cam sprockets to degree in the cam or will it be *ok*?

Well.............by definition, you will lose combustion chamber volume, that is why you get higher compression.  Generally, you would mill the head, as then you don't have to remove the barrels.  

I believe you can remove 50 thousandths of an inch with stock pistons.  Somebody back me up on that.  You can leave the cam alone, and it will run fine.

Paul

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Well.............by definition, you will lose combustion chamber volume, that is why you get higher compression.  
Paul

(chuckle) duhhh.  I just re-read my post and yeah.... hahahaha.  I'm going to go wrench on something now and stop trying to be smart hahahaha.