Decking? Reliability? BHG?

[carl johansson]

So i know decking increases compression of the engine. I run an 88 7-MGE with maual trans in the 24 hours of Lemon series. I am wondering what decking would do for power - but much more importantly, does it reduce reliability and longevity of the engine, and particularly does it make a BHG more likely.

We have to keep these things on the track for 14- 24 hours, so far the engine has been stone cold reliable - with over 200 hours of racing, without ever opening up the motor. But if we go the decking of the head route - what are the reliability consequences?

Carl Johansson