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Old 06-30-2006, 05:04 PM
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What is the highest compression that anybody is running on the street with an LS motor and pump gas?
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Originally Posted by rwb
What is the highest compression that anybody is running on the street with an LS motor and pump gas?
I am running 11:1, but I know of others running higher on 93 octane. I will say, under load in 6th gear around 65-75, I get minor pinging.
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Dont know, sure its easily 11.25 to 1 at least.
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Originally Posted by Doomsday
Dont know, sure its easily 11.25 to 1 at least.
Hell I am sure people are running WAYYYYYY higher than that...

The LS2 comes stock at 10.9:1
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There are alot of guys running around in the 11.75:1 area. Not great in extreme heat and can be prone to knock if the tune isnt pretty good. 11.25:1 is enough for just about everyone to make good power on pump gas. Why push it to the max for 10-15 extra hp?

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12.04.1 here on 93 pump gas we have drove on very hot florida days with out any KO but with that being said i run a healthy cam witch helps the DCR and makes all of this possible
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My new setup will be 11.8 to 1.. running on pump gas.
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i was 11:7,when i get up again it will be right at 11:9 . dcr is where it's at, at 11:7 i was 9.0, at 11:9 i will be at 8.7x with a slightly larger cam.
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same i am running really close to 12 with 0 KO but i live in MI and my evans pump keeps me around 170ish




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