Bottom gasket

[wes]

I have rebuilt a standard engine with my race ported head running SP cams.
My race engine had a modified block which had been machined with no base gasket and modified piston heads.
But with a std block would removing the base gasket raise the compression without the need to modify the pistons to clear the valves?

[cargo]

should be ok to remove the base gasket

[wes]

To be clear the std cylinder block is running std pistons without any modifications...

[Fatspanner #44]

I remove 0.35mm from the head and run without a base gasket without any issues although I do run the valves at race clearances (.25mm and .20mm) so you should have no issues at all.