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Old Nov 5, 2014 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Torqueinc

Instead of the stigma of staying under 10-1 compression
Play with the bigboyz calculator a little more and watch how different cams and compression ratios change the cranking compression.

@ 10-1 there are a dozen cams that will make good broad power....not ping...run on about any gas.

Just takes a little homework and a discussion with a builder that can explain everything to you.

Might as well do everything in one shot and enjoy the upgraded power and not have to mess with extra shipping and waiting on parts.

AMS seems to do pretty decent work...I would not put KB hyper pistons in my enemies engine for fear of shrapnel.....they also offer a forged piston as an upgrade...would be a worthwhile upgrade
Thanks. I have been playing with their calculator. The bad thing is its hard to determine which compression ppl are referring to when discussing cams. I think most are referring to static compression Un general but it is hard to be sure.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2014 | 11:43 PM
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static and cranking compression are listed once you put in what you want


RB racing and a few other sites have good accurate calculators as well


Compression is only the enemy if you have poorly matched components
 
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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 12:23 PM
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We've had Accelerator I, II, and the Pro version, along with Quartermaster, Quartermaster Jr. and Cam Analyzer for a couple decades now.
Handy programs when wanting to look things over.
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