Decking Heads?

imelmo · Feb 14, 2013

I used to have a little sheet/diagram that showed the maximum you could take a 6.0 head down to and where to measure it from but can't find it now. Anyone know where something like that might be? Bringing my heads to the machinist tomorrow hopefully.

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Mdub707 · Feb 14, 2013

I know minimum thickness is 3.74", but not sure where it's supposed to be measured from.

Everyone used to say no more than .008" but that was just a rough number loosely based on the 3.74" number.

imelmo · Feb 14, 2013

I can find the unreadable thumbnail on Google from a thread on PSN but the pic was apparently hosted on Webshots and was removed:

http://powerstrokenation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18987&showall=1

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Hotrodtractor · Feb 14, 2013

imelmo said:
I can find the unreadable thumbnail on Google from a thread on PSN but the pic was apparently hosted on Webshots and was removed:

http://powerstrokenation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18987&showall=1

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Another reason to HATE Webshots.... they screwed up so many threads across every forum on the net when they remodeled themselves as "Smile" They can suck it.

Mdub707 · Feb 14, 2013

I found the number specs, but not quite what you're looking for I don't think. It does have a lot of specs though. Cylinder head specs are around bottom of page 2.

Redneck6.0L · Feb 15, 2013

Never decked a set yet. I know I should

FaSSt9602 · Feb 15, 2013

Redneck6.0L said:
Never decked a set yet. I know I should

Holy crap, never!? My "good" set of heads by Fords Spec needed 5 thousandths taken off to be completely flat...

Pizza pig · Feb 15, 2013

I never decked mine either, in my personal truck. Never removed the original headgasket either... one at a time. 192k going strong :doh:

g2shuck · Feb 15, 2013

Redneck6.0L said:
Never decked a set yet. I know I should

You run compounds, hybrids, and nitrous and did not deck your heads? any gasket issues?

FaSSt9602 · Feb 15, 2013

pizza pig said:
I never decked mine either, in my personal truck. Never removed the original headgasket either... one at a time. 192k going strong :doh:

If I had good HG's that held for thousands of miles, that is how I would do it too...You know the gaskets have a good bite and just need a little more clamping force!:clapping: