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Old 05-21-2007, 09:53 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Spilner521 View Post
Doesn't work that way. If you drop compression from 11.4:1 to the stock 9.7:1 with a head gasket, it would be so thick that it would stretch the timing chain and throw timing way out of wack, and that's if you could use that thick of a head gasket at all. Basically if you're going boost, the 086 head is out of the question. Just port the stock head and you'll be good to go.

exactly. thicker head gasket will screw things up more.
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