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Re: 16V upgrade opinions, please.



On Sun, 4 Oct 1998 22:25:57 -0400 (EDT) Rich Deede----TOOL FAN
<rdeed@UDel.Edu> writes:
>What would raising the compression do for performance, and what are 
>the adverse affects of doing this?  TIA


Higher compression = more HP and torque. 

The adverse effects are....... none that I can think of except for the
higher octane needed for anything over 10-1. As a matter of fact, higher
CR burns fuel much more efficiently meaning cleaner emissions. 


              Shawn Meze
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