I took the head to the machine shop today to have the valves, inserts, and general machining done. I asked the machinist about CCing the heads expecting him to just give me a number but he asked what size I wanted the chambers to be. So I have been running through some calculations and here is what I come up with.

Bore: 3.460
Stroke: 4.125
piston: 0.00
Gasket: 3.47 / .045 compressed
Deck: .100 after future machining, .186 currently
CC Vol. 52 CC

These numbers give me a CR of 9.5:1. The cam is an Erson "270" so I think that's a reasonable comnpression ratio to shoot for.

Comments?

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David Kight
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Thats my setup kinda. I like it.

Done again I would have 60 cc chambers and mill the deck more.

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I thought of that, but I remembered Doc's advice to not overmill either the deck or the head to preserve the strength of the sealing surfaces.

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David Kight
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Do you have big valves?

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1.70 / 1.44 fron Engnbldr and improved springs with dampening coils.

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David Kight
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It is my belief that leaving more meat in the chamber and decking from the block help prevent "shrouding" the valves.

No proof...just observing.

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That might be, I really don't know. The machinist will provide some relief around the valves and the block has been bored .060 which will also help some. If I ever do another one I might take a different approach but for this one I'm going to be moderately conservative... kinda like my politics.

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David Kight
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'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

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.....then you must have the Sarah Palin Signature Series valve stem seals!

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Naw, they're just the standard black rubber stock type from the Victor gasket set.

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David Kight
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David sounds like a good build...but... I would go with the 280/270 you will love it.
Frank

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I already have the 270; I got it when the group buy was first put together. I've got a couple of good cores so I might experiment with something else down the road.

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David Kight
'62 Valiant Signet, White
'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

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sandy is right, if you do any cutting to increase compression do it on the block, having the combustion chamber as big as you can and the piston as close to zero as you can get it make more power,i done it with my 10.7/1 motor compare to my 11.4/1 motor.

Two questions:

1. What is the formula to estimate the amount of chamber volume removed when planing the head? The machinist says about 1 cc per .005.

2. How much can safely be removed from the block? I have heard 0.100 but is that safe?

The chambers before cutting the head are at 66cc. At 1cc per .005 I need to take .060 from the head to get the chambers to around 54cc. That means I will have to cut the block .090 at least. I told him to go ahead and take .060 off the head and see where the chambers ended up. I don't feel comfortable taking any more than that from the head.

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David Kight
'62 Valiant Signet, White
'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

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Remove .0066" off the slant head for each cc. 1cc=.0066".

If the cylinder walls and the combustion chamber walls line up then the combustion chamber shape will not change if either the head or block are milled or some of each. Only if the combustion chamber in the head is wider than the cylinder would there be any deshrouding.

When I re-built my road race 225 we took .100" off the head and block. I did blow one head gasket, but that was only because I borrowed a torque wrench and ended up not having enough torque. I put the head back on with a new gasket, used my torque wrench and it was fine.

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Joshua

i had .140 off my block and .075 off the head, gave me a 52cc chamber and 11.4/1 compression, if i were you i would do a cleanup or ture cut on the head cc it and cut all the rest off the block. you can also polish the combustion chamber to get it a little bigger, i got mine up to 58cc by polishing.