gurus, need a quick word on quench height
while i got you guys attention, assuming i can find a ~.030 head gasket, my static cr would be ~9.9.1. Im assuming there is no way in hell i can run this compression with iron vortec heads? im guessing Ill have to switch to aluminum?
This is all part of engine building. You seem to be doing it backwards, not that it won't work. But I picked a max rpm, then pick a cam that will take it to that rpm, then pick a static compression that will give a good DCR with that cam.
64cc heads
7cc flat tops
.030 thick gasket (if i can find one)
4.1 gasket bore
4.040 cylnd bore
.025 deck cleareance
3.48 stroke. comes up to 9.839 static
with a 5.7 rod length and cam has 64* intake closing point at abdc @.050, it shows dynamic cr at 7.914. Do you see any discrepancies?
I've learned those DCR calculators are not 100% accurate. The one 357 I ran with close to 11:1 SCR, I used three different cams in that. Changed nothing at all but the cams and lifters, kept total timing the same. One cam was 8.4 DCR, the other two gave it 8.5 DCR. One cam and 8.5 DCR would run strong with 89 octane, the other cam with 8.5 DCR would detonate a bit on the top end with 93 octane.
As for quench, I put together a near stock 406 sbc, it had deep dish pistons, 64cc heads, small cam, .060 quench. I should have known better but that engine didn't like anything under 93 octane. It had well under 8.5 SCR.
Thats why I say keep it tight. Because it's worked for me.
Note where it says to add 15 degrees to the closing point at .050. According to that, you're at 6.959 DCR.
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