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Recommend pistion skim - Daniel306 - 08-07-2012
Can anyone recommend how much to skim the pistons by?
RE: Recommend pistion skim - Dan! - 08-07-2012
0.5mm
Recommend pistion skim - Jonny b - 08-07-2012
What are you doing exactly?
RE: Recommend pistion skim - Daniel306 - 08-07-2012
Hdi rods and Td04 turbo, just wanting to run a fairly low compression
RE: Recommend pistion skim - darrenjlobb - 08-07-2012
Meh wouldnt take anymore than 0.5 off a stock motor if you still want to be able to drive it day to day and start it in the winter...
Tbh as ive said before, if I was doing it again, id leave the compression totally stock, I dont wreckon my old 213hp hdi rodded engine would have let go if i didnt bend a rod from hydro'ing it....
RE: Recommend pistion skim - Daniel306 - 08-07-2012
And the 213 was running standard compression? other thing is what do piston rings and rebuild kits cost and where do you get your head gaskets from?
RE: Recommend pistion skim - darrenjlobb - 08-07-2012
Nah it was running a .5 decomp, but personally I think it would have held in there without it,and been much easier to drive etc.
RE: Recommend pistion skim - CJ_Derv - 09-07-2012
(08-07-2012, 09:49 PM)darrenjlobb Wrote: Nah it was running a .5 decomp, but personally I think it would have held in there without it,and been much easier to drive etc.
Just out of curiosity Darren what thickness gasket where you running with this .5 decomp
i was thinking of this but derv shop near me just said to leave as you have recommendedCheers