Greg:
Kastner's manual does mention this, although he does not explain why.
He states emphatically that any engine being prepared for competition should be
decked to 0
deck height. That is about all he says about it. Without an explanation, one
would
be inclined to ignore it as being of no consequence. I am certain that in the
grand
scheme of things, it is only a couple of extra horsepower. But as we all know,
winning is the sum of many tiny details.
Vance
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From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Greg Dito
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 3:52 PM
To: Shawn J. Loseke; 6pack@autox.team.net; Timothy Holbrook
Subject: Re: RE: Does 0.120" really get 9.5:1 compression?
OK! Uncle! :-)
Obviously real world experience holds more truth than the written word and
there is more to this than I knew existed. And as I replied to Vance the head
gasket is certainly part of the equation, of which I failed to mention
originally.
Is this one of the areas that Kas's manual is outdated? I would think that he
would have mentioned this if it had such value.
Out of curiosity, when you say "barely" about how much does that come out to?
I would never have guessed that a 10.7:1 CR can be produced mostly through
decking, even with .015" above flush pistons.
Humbled and still learning,
Greg
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