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Old Mar 6, 2018 | 11:03 PM
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I see that on the bigboyz calculator that all of the gasket bores for 95", 98", 103" and 107" are all 3.910" by default but a 98" bore is 3.937". is there any issue running a gasket smaller than true bore size assuming that the piston does not physically interfere with the gasket?
 
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A tick larger is fine, but not smaller.
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 05:47 AM
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a 107" wont run a 3.910 gasket,or at least it shouldn't.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 07:21 AM
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Thanks!
 
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