If you have a BN1 with three speed box, leave your engine alone. You will
break your gearbox with any additional power.
Alan
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Thomas Willig <twillig@ruda.de> wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am in the process of rebuilding the engine of my 100. In order to get
> some more punch from it, I am thinking about fitting DW forged pistons
> with an 9,5:1 compression ratio. You all know that if you talk to three
> people (all of them not A-H 100 owners) you will get at least four
> different opinions. Statements given were:
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> "You will get detonation at this compression rate"
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> "You will loose all smoothness of that engine"
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> " A motor with that CR is only drivable on the track"
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> "You will have to buy three head gaskets every year"
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> I am aware that most of this is probably nonsense, but... maybe..??
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> I guess there must be experienced folks on the list who are running
> engines with a 9,5:1 compression ratio. Please come forward and share
> your experiences and thoughts with me.
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> Regards
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> Thomas Willig
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