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as most of you know ive been building my i6 for the last 12 months and reading up on a few things regarding head shaving and such my engines got a shaved head with a au gasket, do you thi9nk i could run into slack problems?
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| tickford_6 |
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Measure it?
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| krisisdog |
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How much did you have shaved?
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| krawczuk |
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Shifteh wrote: as most of you know ive been building my i6 for the last 12 months and reading up on a few things regarding head shaving and such my engines got a shaved head with a au gasket, do you thi9nk i could run into slack problems? hi, you wont really run into slack chain issues if you shave the head, the only thing is the cam timing WILL be slightly out , cause you bringing the head closer to crank, and the chain links wont allow to correct it unless u got adj gear. mark |
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| MRESP8 |
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You can have issues if to much is taken off the cylinder head.
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