Compression/Octane
Randy Grein
randygrein at comcast.net
Tue May 13 20:25:41 PDT 2008
Should be. Mine was 13.8:1 and 100 octane is, or was fine with it.
Randy Grein, WMRRA #41
On May 13, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Steve Robertson wrote:
> I just measured the compression ratio of my motor and after a few
> screw-ups
> (clarified thanks to Z) I'm fairly confident that the compression is
> 12.5:1. For
> those of you running a similar number is 100 octane enough to avoid
> detonation
> or would a few more points be needed? If it makes any difference the
> heads have
> not been milled and I am running a full three layer head gasket.
>
> thanks,
> Steve
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