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Sep 4, 2023 | 02:30 PM

Garbageman 134

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Raising compression

I have random thoughts about random things all the time and this popped into my head recently. The factory compression ratio is 10.5:1. Is it possible to have the heads milled down in order to bump up compression for a little more horsepower?

Would be nice to install the ProCharger kit but then you have to run 93 octane all the time

Sep 4, 2023 | 02:37 PM

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Well, you could, but milling the heads creates all sorts of other things that then have to be compensated for, so to do that right would cost a fortune, not be worth the small gain. Plus raising the compression ratio would cause the same fuel requirement as the supercharger.
You could get as much added power from a dyno tune as from the increased compression.

Sep 4, 2023 | 06:33 PM

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You want to lower compression if you don't want to run premium.

Sep 4, 2023 | 06:36 PM

Garbageman 134

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At what point does one need to switch to 89 or 93?

Sep 4, 2023 | 06:50 PM

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At what point does one need to switch to 89 or 93?

When there is predetonation present. With that said its not as cut and dry as that when engineering a combustion chamber along with the rest of the engine. There is no set compression ratio that is the benchmark switchover point for a higher octane fuel.