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Old 12-14-2016 | 01:49 PM
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Default Questions for maximo

Originally Posted by Maximo
solder is a horribly inaccurate way to measure head clearance... impossible to get the solder to the true outer perimeter so it will always read higher then the true clearance actually is... OS makes the most reliable best running stock engines on the market today bar non, One of the reasons is they run a tight head with under 0.4 mm between the button and the piston.
Hey Max,
How would you measure head clearance?

What would you recommend as an upper and lower limit for shims? eg. .2 to .4?

Did you modify the orion so that it had .65 mm of shims?
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