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Re: 9:0-1 Ratio Head

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 9:0-1 Ratio Head
From: doug@dougbraun.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:25:23 -0400
Anyone considering installing a used, swap-meet head should remember
that a previous owner might have had it milled to increase compression.

So it's smart to measure it, even if you know the spec compression ratio
for that part number.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit


At 07:15 AM 7/26/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>There were a number of heads that had 9-1 compression ratios.  I cannot
>find information confirming a TKC2748 as one of them. 
>http://www.triumphspitfire.com/heads.html has some information on
>this.
>
>As suggested by another, direct volume measurement of the head & the
>piston swept  volume is necessary to actually determine compression
>ratio.





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