High compression in a big inch street motor
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My guess is that this belongs in the Race section.
For those that have a BIG inch street engine, at least 500 inch if not 572, with high compression, say above 11-11.5 to 1, if not above 13:1.
Under WOT, these engines will typically make so much power that, when driving on public streets, you really only very rarely actually use WOT. So if you are mostly putting around under part throttle high manifold vacuum conditions, isn't this what actually allows the engine to not detonate on pump gas ? Not so much a big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure, but high vacuum conditions ?
At some point (manifold vacuum), a 14:1 engine at part throttle will make less cylinder pressure than an 8:1 engine at WOT, and therefore will not require race gas octane.
But if the engine is big enough, even at high manifold vacuum it will make "enough" power for spirited street driving. A "restricted" engine.
Isn't it true that even a long duration cam will still show high manifold vacuum with the throttle mostly closed ? Above idle that is.
By the same token, if you actually are at WOT for some time interval, maybe 5 seconds, the engine will indeed build enough heat to then require much higher octane at that point.
Somewhere in here I have a question, I don't think I'm putting it into words very well.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I don't think I have the appropriate info for you but I can give you a reference point. My 11:1 572 Hemi with a solid roller with 260+ duration on a 110 LSA gives me about 9 inHG at idle. Seems to run OK on pump gas.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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For the most part yes, I understand what you're saying and I'm sure you could run big compression at low/no load no problem.
For me, I don't want the feeling that if I want to load it up on the throttle I'm knocking the botttom end out of it because there's not enough octane to do so.
Could you build it to drive on eggshells? Yes I think so, but I'll pass on that.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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Me thinks your playing with a bag of deadly snakes messing with high compression and todays pump gas Theory and talk is one thing not directly tied to the real world and real world results My current S/P car runs on E85 with 15 to 1 compression and that would be the only fuel besides race gas I would build a motor with more than 11.0 to 1 compression to run on the street today regardless if hemi or wedge, Mopar or any other brand motor with aluminum heads I am going to build a pump gas 572 C.I. wedge motor with no more than 11.00 to 1 compression with a set of B1 heads on a new KB aluminum block, I'm hoping to exceed 800 HP on today pump gas safely My last serious pump gas car made 612 HP with 9.25 to 1 compression with iron heads on a stroker 400 block with 511 C.I. using CA pump swill and a low deck six pack set up, that combination ran 10.69 at 124.5 MPH through the 3.0inch complete exhaust system with the six pack air cleaner on weighing 3450 LBs with me in the car I swap heads twice and ended up with a set of Indy SR M.W ports and a single 1050 CFM Dominator on the motor, I had swap the crankshaft from the 4.25 stroke to 4.300 to help gain some compression which ended up at 10.78 to 1 That combination ran 9.993 ET at 134.7 MPH cork up with the air cleaner on I ended up swapping that car off I learned a lot with that car and motor and some times wish I had it back There are many ways to make power safely, there are as many ways or more to screw up good parts up trying to learn how to do it safely and properly Can you afford to hurt parts searching for more power a new way? If not, don't try
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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Thats the way we went with our street/strip brkt car, 589ci, only 10:1, small solid roller, 260/270@.050", tiny 950HP carb,(15" vacuum@idle) Indy 440-2, Indy heads, 33 deg total, street 4200 converter, max torque@4400, max rpm/hp 6200@traps, 4.10's with a low first in 727, fill up in the morning on the way with Shell V-power pump, drive to the track on full exhausts, race/drive home, no stress, easy on parts, heavy 3800lb car low 10's.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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W/r/t "big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure" It does reduce CCP... all the way up to 3,000 RPM (more or less, depending on too many variables to list, but stops well before the torque peak). After that, it increases cylinder pressure - that what it's for. It doesn't always need 5 seconds to "build heat", the piston damage can occur in 1 second.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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W/r/t "big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure" It does reduce CCP... all the way up to 3,000 RPM (more or less, depending on too many variables to list, but stops well before the torque peak). After that, it increases cylinder pressure - that what it's for. It doesn't always need 5 seconds to "build heat", the piston damage can occur in 1 second. And just because you don't hear detonation doesn't mean it isn't happening. Kevin
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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Thats the way we went with our street/strip brkt car, 589ci, only 10:1, small solid roller, 260/270@.050", tiny 950HP carb,(15" vacuum@idle) Indy 440-2, Indy heads, 33 deg total, street 4200 converter, max torque@4400, max rpm/hp 6200@traps, 4.10's with a low first in 727, fill up in the morning on the way with Shell V-power pump, drive to the track on full exhausts, race/drive home, no stress, easy on parts, heavy 3800lb car low 10's. I really like this conservative combo alot, and put together something pretty close, except mine is 572ci, 10.2:1 and has hemi heads.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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And just because you don't hear detonation doesn't mean it isn't happening. Kevin [/quote] Detonation versus pinging are NOT the same thing Pinging can hurt parts, detonation kills parts quickly
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I think we can agree that a conservative initial spark lead and a longer, slower advance curve will help here, but how much? Probably related to stall and slippage? Add 15-20° of vacuum spark to get mileage back and keep temperature under control.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I think you can run as high of a compression as you want with pump gas if you weren't ever going to get on it. You can't make manifold pressure with the throttle closed/barely open. Powerful engines can do 60 mph with the throttle barely open. But if you floor it, it will detonate and that's bad. And it doesn't take the 5 seconds to build heat that you are talking about.
Modern high performance engines have anti-knock sensors to protect them if you put lower octane gas in them than they require. You can drive coast-to-coast with 87 octane gas in your supercharged Demon or your twin turbo Mercedes and it will not hurt a thing, but if you floor it, you can't make max manifold pressure without detonation, so the computer cuts the timing back to protect the engine.
We used pump gas to warm the engine in Big Daddy's Top Fuel dragster. I doubt you're driving a more high performance car than that.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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What was the mechanical compression ratio on his Top fuel motors back then and how much boost would it make idling when warming it up,? Also didn't they run it really rich when warming it up? I thought all the top fuelers warm them up on alcohol and then switch them to nitro for several minutes to make heat
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I would guess the compression was low and I doubt it made any boost to speak of at idle but we didn't have a manifold pressure gauge on the intake manifold.
I don't recall them changing the mixture to warm up.
Gasoline builds heat faster than alcohol. Then switch to nitro (but not for several minutes) to read the plugs.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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Look into piston coating,cylinder head chamber and valve coatings, wide lsa cams to reduce cylinder pressure. Fuel injection setups that retard the timing if need be when it starts to detonate. $$$$$$ is it going to be worth it on a street car probably not.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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Ive ran 12:1 on pump gas without any issues.... But pump gas varies from state to state, your camshaft will play a large roll in bleeding off some of the cylinder pressure... I usually use pumping compression for a good indication for pump gas. Ive seen multiple engines make a 1000 hp on pump gas naturally aspirated. Both were close to 600 inches.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I have a customer with a Pettis 572 w/11.7 compression races on 94 pump and makes close to 1000hp based on it's 8.84 et at 151 mph at 3450 lbs with a pretty big 800 lift cam. so the RIGHT combo of parts can obviously work and his plugs look great so far......
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I think you can run as high of a compression as you want with pump gas if you weren't ever going to get on it. Some of the big hitters on Drag Week run 15:1 compression, but they run race gas on the street all week. Curt Johnson is a prime example of this, and his 632 CI engine with LOTS of compression, runs race gas all week. He told us if he tries to run any type of pump gas through it, it will wash the rings out right away. He changes oil every day as well.
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I think you can run as high of a compression as you want with pump gas if you weren't ever going to get on it. Some of the big hitters on Drag Week run 15:1 compression, but they run race gas on the street all week. Curt Johnson is a prime example of this, and his 632 CI engine with LOTS of compression, runs race gas all week. He told us if he tries to run any type of pump gas through it, it will wash the rings out right away. He changes oil every day as well. Wow, I can't imagine what it costs him to do Drag Week! That's ridiculous.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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I think you can run as high of a compression as you want with pump gas if you weren't ever going to get on it. Some of the big hitters on Drag Week run 15:1 compression, but they run race gas on the street all week. Curt Johnson is a prime example of this, and his 632 CI engine with LOTS of compression, runs race gas all week. He told us if he tries to run any type of pump gas through it, it will wash the rings out right away. He changes oil every day as well. Wow, I can't imagine what it costs him to do Drag Week! That's ridiculous. LOTS!!! We figured it out, to around 3K for fuel alone. But he has won his class 7, or 8 times. He has the formula figured out. He one year built a Pump gas engine, to minimize maintenance. Won his class yet again. He got bored, and the next year he had a 15:1+ engine again. He told me they put a 3-4K chip on the high side of the MSD for street driving. Didn't leave any room for goofing off, and was easier on the valvetrain. If anyone ever gets a chance to talk with Curt, do it. You will not be disappointed.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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For what it's worth, my advice.....keep the compression on the low side. You will never hear the detonation before it breaks stuff. x2. Modern stuff does more than just retard timing to keep the engine from pinging, most of the engines that have high cylinder pressures (either high comp NA stuff or boosted applications) will limit engine load to keep them out of detonation. I don't know of any mass produced OEM car engine that is much past 12:1 NA. On a high output motor it isn't worth the risk.
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my hemi was 12.2 to 1 comp ran on pumpgas always 93 octane at 30 degrees of timming it ran 9.60s at 140+ mph i eaven sprayed it into the 8s on pumpgas and 22 degrees of timming
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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W/r/t "big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure" It does reduce CCP... all the way up to 3,000 RPM (more or less, depending on too many variables to list, but stops well before the torque peak). After that, it increases cylinder pressure - that what it's for. It doesn't always need 5 seconds to "build heat", the piston damage can occur in 1 second. How True! Unless you have an unlimited supply of 'good' fuel to ALWAYS use you are playing with dynamite. You will never hear it detonate, the damage can occur in a blink of an eye. A big inch street motor with a sane compression ratio will make way more torque than you can stick to the ground. My 605 makes 750+ ftlbs at 3500 rpm.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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For what it's worth, my advice.....keep the compression on the low side. You will never hear the detonation before it breaks stuff. You also may not be able to always access the fuel your motor needs to stay happy. On a big stroker it will make WAY more power than you can safely use on the street, you'll never notice the difference in a point or two in compression. My old truck tries to kill me on a regular basis just gently rolling into the throttle. Compression will make a big difference in power and torque, at the track and in the street. I live in Michigan so have only driven my cars in the summer, but, if given the chance, i much prefer running race gas. Its easy to get, consistent compared to pump swill with who knows what in it.iItsvnever hard to access I drive a few hundreds of miles on the street every summer, typically not thousands of miles, so at 7 bucks a gallon the cost to run race gas isn't that big of deal.i figure if i cant afford to put fuel in it, i am probably involved in a hobby i cant afford. I have had several engines where i raised compression and saw it immediately at the track. My project over the winter here will yet again. Going from a 360 to a 418, Changing nothing other than the cubes and compression, little bit of head work. Heads will be way to small for 418 inches. But going from 10 to 1 to 12.5 to 1 compression. I am expecting big gains for primarily that reason. Figure the compression alone is probably 40-45 horsepower. Same cam, headers, carb, etc, etc
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Can Hemi's get away with more compression than a Wedge? That's my understanding
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
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605 Hemi, 11:1, no signs of detonation on the plugs or audible pinging on 92 octane and 32 degrees of timing. IMG_8495 by Greg Ault, on Flickr
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Can Hemi's get away with more compression than a Wedge? Yes...Typically 12:1 is no issue on pump gas....I am at 11.6:1 on my big Hemi...No issues with that.
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W/r/t "big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure" It does reduce CCP... all the way up to 3,000 RPM (more or less, depending on too many variables to list, but stops well before the torque peak). After that, it increases cylinder pressure - that what it's for. It doesn't always need 5 seconds to "build heat", the piston damage can occur in 1 second. Dead on. I've driven high compression motors on the street using not enough octane, with the plan being to stay out of the throttle. The question is do you have enough a self-discipline when an impromptu challenge arises? I don't. It's like being alone in a motel room with a lingerie clad super model and agreeing not to look at her.
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605 Hemi, 11:1, no signs of detonation on the plugs or audible pinging on 92 octane and 32 degrees of timing. IMG_8495 by Greg Ault, on Flickr What is your piston comp height? I have ta buy some pistons for my 572 Hemi (7.1 rod)
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W/r/t "big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure" It does reduce CCP... all the way up to 3,000 RPM (more or less, depending on too many variables to list, but stops well before the torque peak). After that, it increases cylinder pressure - that what it's for. It doesn't always need 5 seconds to "build heat", the piston damage can occur in 1 second. Dead on. I've driven high compression motors on the street using not enough octane, with the plan being to stay out of the throttle. The question is do you have enough a self-discipline when an impromptu challenge arises? I don't. It's like being alone in a motel room with a lingerie clad super model and agreeing not to look at her. Well I said earlier 12:1 Hemi on pump gas is no issue, save one, ever driven a +800hp on the street? And if there was a super model in the hotel room with me, in lingerie, I was only looking to make sure it was all female..I am on a budget after spending all that money on a Hemi...
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I have always read that the Hemi combustion chamber is more detonation prone and needs more octane.
It's the exact opposite of what you have read. The Hemi has the most efficient combustion chamber shape of the era, and a centrally located spark plug. The flame front has an equal distance to travel in all directions from the spark plug.That reduces its octane requirement.
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/09/21 02:17 PM
01/09/21 02:17 PM
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Posts: 43,228 Bend,OR USA
Cab_Burge
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I Win
Joined: Aug 2003
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Bend,OR USA
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I have always read that the Hemi combustion chamber is more detonation prone and needs more octane.
It's the exact opposite of what you have read. The Hemi has the most efficient combustion chamber shape of the era, and a centrally located spark plug. The flame front has an equal distance to travel in all directions from the spark plug. That reduces its octane requirement. Aluminum heads help a lot also on any motor to reduce detonation on pump gas There is quench in all Hemi combustion chambers as long as the piston has a dome that is above the block but not like wedge motors have with one side having it and the other side under the combustion chamber not having it I use thin narrow strips of clay on the hemi motor pistons to check piston to head clearances on my high compression builds, check that out to see about quench clearances also
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 01/09/21 02:21 PM.
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: High compression in a big inch street motor
[Re: hemienvy]
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01/09/21 04:06 PM
01/09/21 04:06 PM
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top fuel
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I like Mopars and I like Hemis, but I cannot see how the Hemi can "get away" with more compression than a wedge for the same octane. I have always read that the Hemi combustion chamber is more detonation prone and needs more octane. Or, more cam duration to bleed off pressure under 3000 RPM. Unless you guys are comparing aluminum Hemi heads to iron wedge. most wedge engines came with open chamber heads ... terrible when compared to a closed chamber like the 915 ... or the hemi.
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