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Old 01-10-2005, 01:35 AM
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how can you tell if the heads been skimmed on a s2?
can i measure it? pls help
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Hello Mate
Easiest way is to turn it upside down (make sure the plugs are still in) and measure how much water/thin oil one combustion chamber holds/it should be 57cc in volume. Any less than that and you know you've been skimmed. If it has and you're worried about raising that compression ratio, I sell Felpro (not something dirty Bert from under the arches produces in his lock up) 'head savers' which are made of solid copper and are
are 0.040 thou (1mm) thick which you fit between the block and head gasket
to restore original C/R.
Hope this helps and if you've a need give me a yell.
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cool thanks for the advice,, i dont fancy turning the engine upsidedown thanks anyway,, i may get a new compete head from ford , i was quoted under £400 but i may get a full head and cam from some tunning place but not at the moment,,no money
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i may get a new compete head from ford
pretty sure these are no longer available as 'new' part , what you will get is a skimmed recon head

you can measure the head but you need to take it off first
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