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Originally Posted by BURN-BROS View Post
The last time I checked, there was a slight taper machined into the cylinder sealing surface. The surface closest to the bore was slightly taller than the outside edge.

If this is true, then it would promote a high clamping pressure at the most critical area of sealing. If you lap it, then it would diminish this important feature.

I noticed the taper on 3.2 cylinders, I have not checked on other cylinders that ran CE rings.
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We don't lap this joint for that very reason.
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