I just got the call last week that my head was ready to be picked up. Very happy with the work! To save on cost I decided to take on polishing the combustion cambers which is coming along nicely. I'm not going all out and didn't see any need for over sized valves as this is a spare head.
.003 was taken off the deck but I am pretty set on using the stock (not thick) head gasket as I don't want the quench area to be too tall and have too much of the steel gasket sealing ring exposed during combustion and retaining heat. Between DI, running E85, and losing a slight amount of CR to the polishing of the CC I think I am making the right choice as this will be a daily driver and don't want to lower my CR too much. Once I decide to add a single, my hope is that the E85 will allow for higher boost without knock.
.003 was taken off the deck but I am pretty set on using the stock (not thick) head gasket as I don't want the quench area to be too tall and have too much of the steel gasket sealing ring exposed during combustion and retaining heat. Between DI, running E85, and losing a slight amount of CR to the polishing of the CC I think I am making the right choice as this will be a daily driver and don't want to lower my CR too much. Once I decide to add a single, my hope is that the E85 will allow for higher boost without knock.