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Originally Posted by axsaxoman
dry build engine to see
refit head with old gasket --just nip it down +time up cams
having already put a lump of clay ontop of a piston --turn engine over 2 turns by hand with no plugs in it -remove head and see how much clearnace you have --by thickness of clay
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I have since spoken to the engineer and he said it was literally just a clean up.
He said running a standard gasket will give it a bit of a tweak - as the C/R will be a touch lower, but he doesn't specialise in citroens so I don't think he understands the different clearances between the engines.
Clay idea seems a very safe and sensible way to check, I shall bear that in mind! Either way, it will need a new gasket as I understand I should use the corresponding gasket for that particular head - in my case I should use a jp4 head.
I think I will have to check the clearance with standard gasket as you have stated - I just wondered what people used as the norm when completing this conversion. I should have thought a +0.2 gasket should suffice (without checking it)
While I've got you - are you in agreement that running double gaskets to decomp the engine (as you would for a budget turbo build) whilst running N/A will upset the engine?