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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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I have A 08 96ci 9.2:1 if I do the .030 head gasket what do I get?
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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You will probably have oil leaking all over cause you will forget something. If yor goiing to pull the heads, Do more, Cams, Porting, etc
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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ok i have 37 cam And A good indy just thinking compression.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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Too many variables here. But if you drop.020" from the stock (approx .050")gasket to a .030" and you are at 9.2:1 you would be9.5:1. You got to pull it apartand take some measurements to know.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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thanx fxrp that was my question.Hell I cant type let alone build a motor..HeHe...
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Snod, go to Bigboyzracing.com and use their compression calculator. You just load in your engine variables and it does the rest. They give you examples and prefill the boxes so all you do is change what needs to be changed. It will also let you see what effect different cams and other modifications will do to the compression.
 
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