Originally Posted By Crizila
Originally Posted By RAMM
That's all that I am saying. I increased through machine work-the compression ratio exactly 1 full point--these are the results. Make of them what you may. I offered my thoughts on why and how--I do not know for sure--I only know what I know and have observed. J.Rob
Sorry if my reply came off a little harsh, but your thread title leads one to believe that the HP gain could be attributed to a CR change alone, and my point was that that was not the case ( although stated poorly by me ). As stated in this thread, I think a quench change had partly to do with the improvement, and maybe piston top reshaping, etc. I to, appreciate all your hard work and sharing the results. Just wanna clarify to all that adding a point to your CR my not automatically have the same positive results as you did. Making multiple changes is my personnel nemesis, as I don't have easy access to a dyno - and 2 - 3 trips down the track once a month can give pretty limited info. beer


The piston tops were reshaped for the initial build. I did not do anything different other than decking the block .045" This was the ONLY change. Pistons were in the same configuration both times. J.Rob


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