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Old 11-29-2008, 07:03 PM
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i have a 91 351w motor im building. It has the trickflow twisted wedge heads with 61cc chambers. Wat is the highest compression i can run on pump gas. Also i will be spraying
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Old 11-29-2008, 07:42 PM
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I think you can got to 12:1 maybe a little more but The higher the compression, the less time your motor will live.
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Old 11-29-2008, 07:44 PM
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so wat would be a nominal compression?
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:00 PM
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10:1 sounds good to me
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FORD TOUGH
I think you can got to 12:1 maybe a little more but The higher the compression, the less time your motor will live.
Good luck at 12:1, for the average guy 10.5 is great and run 93
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