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Many may already figured this out and know this.
Just a trick to those with domed/dished nitro pistons that are a pain to get the piston loose to set the gauge to zero and you don't have a spare loose piston. It is still a pain I realize but you only need to do this one time if you write down one simple to take measurement.
Once you have piston loose to mate with head and ready to set gauge to zero first take a reading by setting head with gauge on it on a flat surface.
Now set the gauge to zero as a start off the flat. Now mate piston to the head and read that number and write it down in a safe place for future.
Now just mate the head to the piston snug and set the gauge to zero and do your thing but now with that number you will always be able to set that point of contact of piston to head on the gauge without ever doing it again.
Just set gauge on flat and zero the gauge. Now manually push it in until you reach that number you wrote down previously(it is in a safe place remember) . While holding it steady on/at that number reset gauge to zero and now you are ready to check or set your squish without ever needing to mate piston to head again.
Sure helps when making changes later on with shim stacks to know exactly what squish you really have when bolted down tight.
Just a trick to those with domed/dished nitro pistons that are a pain to get the piston loose to set the gauge to zero and you don't have a spare loose piston. It is still a pain I realize but you only need to do this one time if you write down one simple to take measurement.
Once you have piston loose to mate with head and ready to set gauge to zero first take a reading by setting head with gauge on it on a flat surface.
Now set the gauge to zero as a start off the flat. Now mate piston to the head and read that number and write it down in a safe place for future.
Now just mate the head to the piston snug and set the gauge to zero and do your thing but now with that number you will always be able to set that point of contact of piston to head on the gauge without ever doing it again.
Just set gauge on flat and zero the gauge. Now manually push it in until you reach that number you wrote down previously(it is in a safe place remember) . While holding it steady on/at that number reset gauge to zero and now you are ready to check or set your squish without ever needing to mate piston to head again.
Sure helps when making changes later on with shim stacks to know exactly what squish you really have when bolted down tight.
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