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| RE: sure, you can burn kerosene |
| By Mike McQuesten - 11/29/2001 11:26:35 PM; IP 63.50.126.228 |
We're sittin' estimating that your compression is going to be around 6.5:1. That's if you're planning on running normally available heads. Now if you want to bump that mills compression ratio all the way up to 8.0:1, you'll have to run a set of '60/'61 HP 58cc heads.
Really what you're doing by using a 428 piston is running with that piston .100 down in the cylinder.
You could run a 352/360 rod and that'll move the 428 piston .040 up the cylinder.
My friend John built a pick up engine this way:
428 block/428 pistons/390 crank/360 pick up rods. With steel shim head gaskets he calculates he's 9.0:1 at best. It runs strong but it doesn't have good quench. It gets poor gas mileage. Without the quench your efficiency falls way off. John is telling me that your quench has got to be within .040 to get the necessary efficiency.
You could run a huffer on that low compression 406!
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