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| | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,385 Crusty Old Sarge | | Crusty Old Sarge Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,385 | I believe the lore of the "848" head is due in part to the increased compression without the pain of milling and recessing the valves. As 1Ton tommy said you would eventually run out of adjustment on the rocker arms. Just using a Compression Calculator on the web it's easy to see the difference the head swap would make.
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