i just got off the phone with jim @ metric mechanic. dono if you guys have heard of him. hes one of the top m20 engine builders here. he said the same thing my best bet would be seta bottom end. and i head. that even after shaving head compression would still be really low. . well im trying to do th...

btw is in the us and it has us pistons not euro high compression. i thought just getting a 731 head but im thinking it would be to much to ship. cuz they are very rare here in the us. not readily avail.

hey, im trying to build a budget stroker out of my 2.7 eta and iv herd you can skim .5 or .05 from the 885 head if using the stock eta pistons. to raise compression slightly back to "normal" or ether around 9.1 or 9.6, and that .5 would have max travel of the timing belt tensioner. would this work? ...