there is a point on the compression ratio where the lower compression ratio motor of the same C.I. will make more torque than HP Been there ,done that a lot of times I think bewteen 9.5 and 10.00 to 1 with iron heads and between 10.5 and 11.5 to 1 on aluminum headed motors with pump gas E85 does the same thing, more torque than HP under 12.0 to 1 for me so far