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2.3 L CYLINDER HEAD

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can a 2.3 cylinder head be shaved and if so how much
 

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Yes, they can be shaved.

We'll need to know your setup, what fuel you want to run, etc. before we say how much...
 
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say he wants to run 87 octane. How much , and how much HP would this produce on say a 91
 
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Stinger said:
Yes, they can be shaved.

We'll need to know your setup, what fuel you want to run, etc. before we say how much...
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my car is a 88 mustang stock four race car. running pumped gas, just trying to get a little more out of the engine.
 

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The head can physically be shaved until you just barely touch the bottom of the intake bolts. Of course, that would give you something around 12:1 with flat tops. A more reasonable number to shoot for would be around 9.8-10:1 for pump gas. I ran 10:1 on pump gas, and was still able to run plenty of timing.
 
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