Mounting cylinder heads without a gasket?

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Originally posted by crazypete
I would need to do the absolute most horrifying thing ever and cut them while they are still in the engine (with a shopvac next to the bit to get all the filings

Please, please don't. If you plan on doing this free-hand, you won't get consistent results and will risk messing up the balance of the rotating assembly...especially consdering how much you will have to cut away. Free-hand piston grinding can work for removing a SMALL amount of material.