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Re: alumminum cyl heads

To: mgs <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: alumminum cyl heads
From: The Richards <smrm@coastalnet.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 15:26:07 -0500
At 01:50 PM 10/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>All things being equal, you can get 1 point more compression out of
aluminum heads
>than identical steel heads.  That is, if you're tuned to run 9 to 1 with iron
>heads without detonation, then you can get 10 to 1 with aluminum heads without
>detonation.
That would be significant.
Bob

Why? Is it heat related?

Michael, New Bern, NC


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