Head Gasket mod??

Never being a fan of being stranded....

I'd rather spend $100.00 to machine the head and use a full gasket and eliminate any possibility of blowing out the gasket. That's why I'm interested to know how many "Thou" I can machine off of the head which would be equivilent to the head gasket mod? I don't want to get into modifying the "Squish" in the first round of mods. (Maybe later).

Anyone?
 
Exciterfan said:
Never being a fan of being stranded....

I'd rather spend $100.00 to machine the head and use a full gasket and eliminate any possibility of blowing out the gasket. That's why I'm interested to know how many "Thou" I can machine off of the head which would be equivilent to the head gasket mod? I don't want to get into modifying the "Squish" in the first round of mods. (Maybe later).

Anyone?
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trust me if its done right it wont leave you stranded. my 2000 sxr is coming up on 9000 miles and it has had the mod since I bought it. if you peel the center layer, it is bulletproof. the guys having problems are the ones peeling 2 layers and running with one. i took the metal insert out of the middle and put the top and bottom gaskets together. i run 93 octane on a regular basis and i have run this setup w/ and without SLP triples on it.
 
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Exciterfan said:
How much can you machine off the head to be equivalent to the head gasket mod without getting into "squish" issues? Anyone?
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Each layer of the head gasket is .009", so if u machine that much off the haed it would be the equivalant of reducing 1 layer.
 
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