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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