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The deck resurfacer. A flat deck is important not just for head gasket sealing reasons; the height of the deck must be identical from bore to bore, as a slanted deck will cause more compression in some cylinders than others. The point is, an engine with 8 cylinders is like 8 individual engines. Each one needs to be identical in terms of the stroke, bore, compression, and the burn characteristics.
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 The deck resurfacer. A flat deck is important not just for head gasket sealing reasons; the height of the deck must be identical from bore to bore, as a slanted deck will cause more compression in some cylinders than others. The point is, an engine with 8 cylinders is like 8 individual engines. Each one needs to be identical in terms of the stroke, bore, compression, and the burn characteristics.  View Related Article

 

 

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