Mark J Bradakis wrote:
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> [BOUNCE triumphs@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from [lewis
>mckillop <lsmc@lightspeed.net>]]
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> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 18:09:16 -0700
> From: lewis mckillop <lsmc@lightspeed.net>
> Subject: 63 and 67 1147's
>
> Hello list,
> My 63 spit has an engine #FC54961HE and my 67 spit has an engine
> #FC81726HE. Does this mean both engines are high compression? Also what
> year are these two engines? One more question, for now anyway, if they
> are high compression, how high are they and what makes them so? Heads,
> pistons or a combo...?
> thanks once again,
> lew 63 and 67 spit
According to my references, the answer is yes. But it does not say how
it is arrived at. Based on later engines, though, I'd say it is most
likely a difference in pistons (with amybe a pinch of head modification
for good measure).
Joe Curry '63 Spit (After-Market HE)
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