thanks tom, you plan to take the american on a road trip? come up north, (oregon) for a vacation, and i got all the poison you could want (i.e. my family owns the local liqure store hehe) will see if i can find some new bolts for the head. and get new gasket ordered tomorrow. still like to know how much i can safely shave off the head and create some better compression. i imagine (if i remember corectly the shape of the chamber) that most of the compression gain would have to be in the block and piston, not the head tho. dave stohler http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules ____________________________________________________________________________________ No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. Sweet deal for Yahoo! users and friends. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text1.com _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list