Re: [lro] 2.25 pushrods and milling heads etc.

From: Jim Hall (jimfoo@purplemountain.net)
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 07:38:13 EST

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    The pushrods should be .1" shorter than the stock short pushrods if that
    is how much you are machining off the heads.

    John M. Baker wrote:
    >
    > Thanks to everyone who responded on the pushrod question. I can pick up a used
    > head and new parts for it pretty cheaply here so I think what I will do is
    > look for a good 8:1 head and make that 9:1. That way I can always go back to
    > the 7:1 if I am unhappy, assuming that the 9:1 doesn't do something
    > catastrophic! Also might make it a quicker job assuming no bolt heads break
    > off and the like. Two questions:
    >
    > 1. When going from 8:1 to 9:1 the same shorter pushrods need to be used as
    > would be going from 7:1 to 8:1, right?

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