My Pete rebuild

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(01-03-2020 )Nostalgic Wrote:  Huh, who'da thunk it since they're essentially free to dance around. Measuring my old gasket crush at approx .080", the rings have approx a .063" protrusion from the liner flange, leaving .017" of free space.

makes me wonder if aftermarket gasket is thicker?. that could explain a lot of compression differences. - old isx used to have thicker gasket and 'fire rings' installed the gasket to keep the combustion gasses in.