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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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would i run into problems boosting my car with lets say 11.xx:1 compression? i built my car for N/A but the thoughts of boost now sounds like alot of fun. are there some things to consider or just slap something on the car and see what she can do? all thoughts, input, and comments will be appreciated. im a newbie in this area..
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would i run into problems boosting my car with lets say 11.xx:1 compression?
Yes... what heads are you running? Any thing done to the bottom end?
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im running a 9:8:1 motor and will need meth to keep it under control..... but i want to run 15-17 PSI
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Originally Posted by SSdreamz
would i run into problems boosting my car with lets say 11.xx:1 compression? i built my car for N/A but the thoughts of boost now sounds like alot of fun. are there some things to consider or just slap something on the car and see what she can do? all thoughts, input, and comments will be appreciated. im a newbie in this area..
Check this APS Firehawk that has 11/1 compression.
http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com...Car.php?car=39
We initially built the engine for N/A, then the next year the customer wanted to add boost. Bob
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im running AFR 205 heads (untouched), 4" eagle crank, 6.125 compstar rods, diamond pistons -2cc, all forged. ARP rod bolts, head bolts......
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im running AFR 205 heads (untouched), 4" eagle crank, 6.125 compstar rods, diamond pistons -2cc, all forged. ARP rod bolts, head bolts......
383, 402 or 408? What heads' cc?

You can drop compression by changing heads or pistons.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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do you have access to e85? that will help alot, just need a fuel system to support it.
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no E85 here, that i know of. 383 CI. i dont really want to change the pistons cause everything has been soo balanced internally and its damn near perfect. out of the box AFR 205 heads, im thinking they are 66 cc, and by the way they are almost new... less than 5k miles on them and i dont want to use something else just yet.
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IMO on any kind of pump gas 93/94 you will need some meth injection for sure. But with some VP Q/C 16 you should be able to get away with some moderate boost without any problems! The tune will have to be spot on and be very careful with timing!
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 02:19 PM
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you can get some bigger cc heads that will drop you CR a good bit and get a 5 layer mls gasket and copper spray that, it will drop a little more than just in case use some meth. you might end up with a overall CR of somewhere around 10.3
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bigger heads or meth. But your never going to be able to run more than 8-10psi on 93 oct.
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