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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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what kind of compression would i be looking at with the S2 5.3 heads??

and i wonder how much power it would make with the t-rex cam


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what kind of compression would i be looking at with the S2 5.3 heads??

and i wonder how much power it would make with the t-rex cam


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I think a few posts down, someone asked the compression question and it was like 10.8 : 1 ..

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i was looking at that post there, but on the website PP say that the chambers are 61cc so that would be 11.1 : 1 would it not???

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and what is the highest compression heads that i could ressonably get for a H/C setup?? thanx!

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The website needs to be updated.The compression will be 10.8 on the 5.3L heads.
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if you are going to go all out on the cam, why not do the same with the heads, i would do some S2 LS6 heads at least, but thats just me
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if you are going to go all out on the cam, why not do the same with the heads, i would do some S2 LS6 heads at least, but thats just me
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what kind of compression are you running with the S2 ls6 heads???

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