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I milled the heads at the same time I ported them out, and swapped to an ever so slightly larger cam, so its tough to say. Its true that the primary result of higher compression is torque, but for any given RPM if you increase the torque, you increase the HP too. The main advantage to milling is the added drivability. it really gives you back the low end you tend to lose when going cam only. Do it. Youll be happy you did.
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I dont know about all that. It might be a good theory, but in reality the numbers just arent there. A 400 HP cam only car needs to get some seriously good flowing heads as well as a bump in compression in order to hit 440. My guess is that a going from 10:1 to 11:1 is only gonna bring the car from 400 to 410 RWHP. But thats just a number pulled right out of my ***.
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I dont know about all that. It might be a good theory, but in reality the numbers just arent there. A 400 HP cam only car needs to get some seriously good flowing heads as well as a bump in compression in order to hit 440. My guess is that a going from 10:1 to 11:1 is only gonna bring the car from 400 to 410 RWHP. But thats just a number pulled right out of my ***.
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I dont know about all that. It might be a good theory, but in reality the numbers just arent there. A 400 HP cam only car needs to get some seriously good flowing heads as well as a bump in compression in order to hit 440. My guess is that a going from 10:1 to 11:1 is only gonna bring the car from 400 to 410 RWHP. But thats just a number pulled right out of my ***.
Sounds about right to me. I have always read 2% per compression point.