RE: 8:1 comp. is good if -- - - - - - - - -

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

At the local "Geezer Drags" last fall a guy with a '68 Coronet with a 
setup quite a bit like mine was running a full 2 seconds faster on an 
1/8 mile track.  That's a big difference!  The biggest difference 
between our cars was the compression ratio.  There were some smaller 
things too.  But I'm convinced I have to start with more compression.

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html

Sean B wrote:
> 
> I've got a 1978 440 with factory 8:1 slugs.  I had .025" milled off the 
> heads to make up for the thicker Fel-Pro gasket, and Jim at Racer Brown 
> ground my cam 5 degrees advanced.  All eight cylinders are almost 
> exactly 155 psi on a quality, MAC TOOLS compression tester, with all 
> spark plugs removed, throttle wide open, and engine warmed up.  Awesome 
> power right off the line, with cheap pump gas.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> Richard Kinsley wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hey Paul,   
> > 
> > Since you have low compression that sounds like a
> > perfect excuse to put on a blower!!!! Gee dear it just
> > doesn't have enough power and this is ALL I can do :-)
> > They're an easy bolt on for a 440 (saw it on
> > Horsepower TV) and gotta be cheap !?


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