Head Gasket Thickness
04-16-2007, 07:45 PM
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Head Gasket Thickness On a 4.00 stroke and a 4.030 bore, with a -2cc piston mated to a 62 cc combustion chamber (giving you a total of 64 ccs in the chamber) what head gasket is optimal?
thick or thin?
the smallest availabe at .030 would give you approx. a 12.8:1 cr
the biggest available at .051 would give you approx. a 12.1:1 cr
that is a BIG difference for what I believe is a commonly overlooked item.
now which is more optimal on a high displacement engine thats gonna get it pretty hard...the thick or the thin?
theres alot of variables but just looking for a general answer.
maybe i'm an idiot and i'm doing this wrong too.
thick or thin?
the smallest availabe at .030 would give you approx. a 12.8:1 cr
the biggest available at .051 would give you approx. a 12.1:1 cr
that is a BIG difference for what I believe is a commonly overlooked item.
now which is more optimal on a high displacement engine thats gonna get it pretty hard...the thick or the thin?
theres alot of variables but just looking for a general answer.
maybe i'm an idiot and i'm doing this wrong too.
04-16-2007, 10:17 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/advanced-engineering-tech/396223-what-forum-please-read-before-posting.html
Erik,
I sincerely doubt that you're an idiot, but the thing that you are doing wrong is to ask that question in this forum. Either ask this question in one of the internal forums or better yet, do an internet search using the terms "compression ratio calculator" and learn the fundamentals for calculating static CR.
Heck, send me a PM and I'll help you. But this forum is not the place for this kind of question.
Regards,
Steve