The “Millenium barcode” can be avoided, however the Platers themselves do not even know the solution. They blame wiseco rings, the customers constantly blame the honing, and Facebook warriors blame ring end gap lol.
On my last replate from millenium, I used wossner pistons/rings, however I also used copious amounts of permatex ultra slick assembly lube and spent hours with a cotton mop burnishing the nikasil points from the port edges. 1/2 way through the dyno day we did the obligatory head pull, and there was no “barcode”. Looking forward to trying this with wiseco pistons and rings to narrow down on a common denominator.
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