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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 06:52 AM
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As mentioned already your compression ratio is now at the very least right at 12:1 assuming the combustion chambers are now right at 58 cc which you had said.

Just a tad bit high for an everyday street machine IMO.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:08 AM
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Is there anyway to lower the compression without swapping the heads? What is a safe compression for a dd ? Should I be ok with a 12:1 with a good tune an lower temp thermostat?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:09 AM
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I've seen f bodies run that cr on a good tune, but they are lighter. I'd say 11.5 would be a nice Target. Look at different head gaskets and figure our static and dcr.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by youngbuck
Is there anyway to lower the compression without swapping the heads?
running a thick head gasket will lower compression some
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 02:28 PM
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How thick of one would I need to get into the 11:5 range?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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what gaskets do you have on there now?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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Just stock replacement.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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the stock replacements are .051" compressed thickness. You could get some of these in a .060 to take your compression to about 11.7:1 or .065 which will be about 11.5:1
Cometic Gasket - C5751 - Cometic Head Gasket 4.060" Bore - Speed Engineering Performance Parts
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 10:19 PM
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Tht would get me in the sweet spot right?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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Have you been driving the truck around? I would do some lite driving and see how it does. But you would really benefit from some more free flowing heads.
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