FOT:
I received a wide range of responses....good stuff!!! Thank you!
After weighing the responses these are my conclusions:
* Penetrating my squish area would not be a satisfying experience :-).
* This not meant to be a "killer" engine...just an exercise.
* I see significant diminishing H.P. returns on the delta of C.R.
* The engine will go through a major rebuild for 1998 season and we can
remove more material if we think it is important then.
Plan of Action:
Mill head about .160 I think this will get me about 11:1 CR
Your comments?
Note: The current head shows about 210# of pressure in each cylinder and
I have a "calculated" CR of 10:8:1. Does any one have any benchmark
correlations between the # pressures & Compression Ratios?
OK, I forgot to ask one more thing. We have a nice set of push rods that
look easy to cut down and shorten. If I take .160 off of the head, how
much do I take off of the push rods? The aluminum rocker arm pedestal
shims I made up 5 years ago have worked quite well, but it is time to
eliminate them.
Regards FOT,
Alexander Racing
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Room of Truth: The Red one does not always lead the Blue...nor are these
two always a head of the Yellow one.
I have one photo of the Red one leading a Porsche 356 and I am content
to leave it at that without any further comments.
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