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    best way to skim a head

    Ok were building my friend punto back up, its running 400bhp and tripple NOS sysystem with twin turbos. Now he is asking me the best way to skim a block, I told him to........... Get a metal grinder and do it that way, works really well

    Anyways back to reality and stop living in people minds haha, my friend is having a engine rebuild on his sporting, but the previous owner said it has already blown up twice . Just wondering how many times you can skim a head, I thought 2 pushing it.
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    A couple of times, you usually skim a head to make sure its flat, not because its bannana shaped.

    Depends how much has been removed in the past, if its just had a few thou removed before you could have half a dozen goes on it easily.

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    As Dan says...it depends how much has been removed. My 75 had 2 skims in it's time....each time was only a few thou

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