help with compression
Patrick G please help me! Ok, I have a set of heads that are going on my car. they are milled to 60cc's. I run a G5x3 on a 112 and would like to get the most out of it. I would like to run pump gas in my car unless it gets really hot out. I am stuck on what sort of gasket I should use to optimize compression, quench, and detonation. any help is great! also what is the norm for max compression street motors?
Last edited by yak; Oct 16, 2006 at 07:46 PM.
The tighter the quench, the better your motor will resist detonation. As long as you don't run into any piston to valve clearance issues, I'd recommend going with a Cometic .040" head gasket. It's what I run. No problems with 93 octane for me! 30 degrees of timing and a DCR of 8.73:1! 
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
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Originally Posted by Patrick G
The tighter the quench, the better your motor will resist detonation. As long as you don't run into any piston to valve clearance issues, I'd recommend going with a Cometic .040" head gasket. It's what I run. No problems with 93 octane for me! 30 degrees of timing and a DCR of 8.73:1!
Originally Posted by Dave88z
So what is your quench spec and what are the limits for a street car or a weekend warrior? I have heard some say .035 for a street car is as tight as you should go, others say .030-I guess it depends on application. Sorry to jack the thread
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Good, then you can run a nice tight set of Cometics .040
Shoot for 11.35 SCR, if your cam is a 112+4 you'll be in the 8.6 DCR territory and you would have optimized your combo.
I think 2 cc reliefs might do it (not sure though)
Shoot for 11.35 SCR, if your cam is a 112+4 you'll be in the 8.6 DCR territory and you would have optimized your combo.
I think 2 cc reliefs might do it (not sure though)
