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RE: AE Pistons

To: "John North" <johncnorth@gmail.com>, Triumph 6 Pack
Subject: RE: AE Pistons
From: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:30:29 -0700
7.7-1 or 8.5-1.   Not sure what
>this indicates...   Are they adequate only for up to these CRs or does
>this indicate the usual application and I could expect them to be
>adequate for higher CRs?   I am putting together and engine and
>shooting for 9.5-1.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>John North
>

Those numbers indicate the compression those pistons will give you if you do 
nothing else to raise the compression. Such as decking the block or shaving 
the head. Either should work fine for you in a 9.5:1 engine.

Shawn J. Loseke
Fort Collins, CO
http://www.triumphowners.com/79   (1972 TR6)
http://www.triumphowners.com/690  (1978 TR8)




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