barney 0 Posted December 28, 2007 Anybody measured clearances before to work out on a standard engines what maxium skim you can get away with on a 1.6 BE6 engine. Oli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,627 Posted December 29, 2007 Haynes states maximum skim is 0.20 MM, but I'm sure you can skim more than that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wardy18 33 1 Cars Posted December 29, 2007 PM Damir on this forum, he's the person to speak to as he's looked heavily into this and has diagrams of where to measure from etc ive been told my a couple of 205 Motorsport companies that the most you can take off a XU9 head is 60 thou without causing it to start detonating or any other problems but its worth measuring your head first as its bound to of had minor skims before for head gaskets etc, i think im going to take off 50 thou on my race engine just to be safe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rescue dude 0 Posted December 29, 2007 When my 1.9 was built we had about 30 thou taken off iirc. Makes for good compression and pops nicely on the over run at about 2000 rpm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,627 Posted December 29, 2007 how much is 30thou in metric? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doof 11 Posted December 29, 2007 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...earch&meta= I think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wardy18 33 1 Cars Posted December 29, 2007 yes thats right its 0.762mm borken down a bit more its 3 hundreds of an inch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DamirGTI 327 Posted December 29, 2007 Hello ! Heres the doc. regarding how to measure the head from top to bottom : http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c151/Pie...rrent=19l8v.jpg As for the maxi. head skim i really don't know how much it can be skimmed down , but anyway i don't like to skim the head if higher CR is your desired destination id rather fit different pistons in order to raise the CR (and even if you don't like the end result you can always pull them out and fit back the standard pistons .. can't do that with skimmed head do you ..) Cheers ! Damir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barney 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Have regs to work with though and have to use standard pistons. Oli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wardy18 33 1 Cars Posted December 30, 2007 what regs are you governed by?! ive spent so many hours tryin to sort out the regs in the msa blue book with what i can and cant do the engine for my class, finally gettin somewhere thou, jus waitin for a letter back from them now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barney 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Hi, 750mc Stock Hatch regs. I've built loads of 205 engines before etc just never come across problem. Its about 3-4 teeth out, will try and get photos up on tuesday. Oli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osama 0 Posted January 4, 2008 Guy's im just wondering what advantages there are to skimming the head? and how easy it is to do? how much will it cost to get done? thanks osama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsav 1 Posted January 4, 2008 0.060" is safe, we've taken 0.080" off before when we were struggling for compression but I wouldn't recomend it. Dont forget that the more you machine off the head, the more you retard the cam timing which is never a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djinuk 2 Posted January 4, 2008 ive just had my headgasket done on my 1.9 gti, hes took about 28 thou of, will i have any problems with timing etc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
