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Old 04-12-2021, 12:02 PM   #15
alexiskai
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Default Re: Highest Reliable Compression Ratio

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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde View Post
Is there a stock-looking 7:1 head available?
My personal opinion is that crypto-HC heads (heads that are HC but look stock) are OK but one needs to be extra-careful to document them. You won't own the car forever, and whomever you pass it on to will need to remember that their car will behave differently than one with the stock head. A 5.5 head can probably pass without documentation, but certainly once you get to 7 you should either mark the head visibly or keep good records.

That's one reason I like the Winfield head – it keeps the stock shape, but it says Winfield on it and the spark plug locations are different, so anyone buying the car will be able to identify that it's a 6 or 7 head without taking the head off.

Also I painted mine fire engine red, but that's just me.
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