[Spits] High compression pistons and smog test
Hans
sukaspit at gmail.com
Sun Aug 25 18:14:21 MDT 2013
I am rebuilding my California 1976 spitfire's engine and considering using
Moss's HC flat top pistons instead of the LC (dished) ones. I have been told
that I risk failing the NOx smog test max requirement. I understand that this
is due to the combustion chamber's temperature potentially exceeding 2500
degrees , which generates NOx. Assuming the EGR to function perfectly and the
fuel mixture to a bit rich, is this still potentially a high risk problem?
There must be a few a guys out there that have been tempted to do this to get
the nearly 20 extra hp. That is so badly needed.
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