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stock block compression/ head ?

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Old 07-07-2010, 11:55 PM
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Whats the stock chamber volume on bone stock lt1 untouched heads, engine? Im wondering what it would be once I change heads and gaskets. thanks
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Stock heads are 58cc from what I recall.

Gasket thickness does not determine head CC size. The only way to have the head CC measured is to have them CC'd.
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Stock heads are 58cc from what I recall.

Gasket thickness does not determine head CC size. The only way to have the head CC measured is to have them CC'd.
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ok thanks and what about the pistons, what type of valve reliefs are they 5cc or what?

ALso do you know the deck height of a stock block and far in the hole the pistons are?

im trying to input numbers in to find out my compression and i want to make sure of them.

its a stock block with 57cc heads that were milled and a .026 gasket. Do you know what it might be?
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Originally Posted by SPRAYED Z
ok thanks and what about the pistons, what type of valve reliefs are they 5cc or what?

ALso do you know the deck height of a stock block and far in the hole the pistons are?
Stock piston volume has -5cc reliefs. Piston depth on a stock block is around .015" to .020". I've seen some as deep as .030" though.
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well using a .026 gasket and deck height of .020 I get a 10.8 compression. That seem correct?
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i know with my .15 gasket an 58cc heads with stock deck im around 11.4-1 comp..
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SO I will be good thanks
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Stock heads are ~54cc FWIW not 58.
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^there 58cc every spec site online about lt1s and lt1 flow nums say 58cc and my 93-92 camaro book says 58cc in the lt1 section also if i remember right
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I have always heard 54cc.
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I say 54cc too.
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If I'm not mistaken, the LT1 heads are 58cc, and the LT4 heads are 54cc.
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Mine cc'd at 55. The numbers seem to vary everywhere you look. They are definitely not 58cc.
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What I stated above is what it reads in the book "How to Rebuild Small-Block Chevy LT1/LT4 Engines."
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I remember seeing them at 54cc and lt4 at 54.4cc But I asked Lloyd once about 2 years ago and he told me 58
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Originally Posted by Spiers
What I stated above is what it reads in the book "How to Rebuild Small-Block Chevy LT1/LT4 Engines."
Look on page 14 of that book under specifications. LT1 54.4cc chambers and 170cc intake port volume. LT4 54.4cc chambers with 185cc intake port volume.

I have had a shop tell me I had 58cc heads. I had to show him the stats to change his mind. He insisted on cc'ing the heads, refused to believe the documentation. 56-55cc is what we got on 1993 LT1 heads. It seems to vary from head to head, possibly from year to year. I don't know where so many are getting 58cc. Possibly the #s changed from year to year? Does it possibly have to do with the valves?

I would like to know where the 58cc number is coming from.
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Anyone want to put up and have their stock heads CC'd?
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I dont have stock heads or I would Im not sure what they are
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this pages says everyone is half right..lol
http://www.purplesagetradingpost.com...fo/heads1.html

this says lt1 are 58cc an lt4s are 58cc..lol
http://racingfeed.com/downloads/chevy_flow_data.pdf



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