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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 03:57 PM
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So i ended up swapping heads on my 4.8 silverado in order to lower the compression on the truck, would that cause my torque to decrease.
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 04:18 PM
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yes.

what was the reasoning for the head swap>?
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Chevy_King1500
yes.

what was the reasoning for the head swap>?
I am going to put a turbo on it.
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 11:21 PM
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then you should be just fine
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 11:23 PM
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What heads did you put on it?
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackGMC
What heads did you put on it?
I put some 853 heads of a Trans am
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 11:23 PM
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The 4.8 is already low compression lol. I put 18psi to one with just 91 octane...
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Old Sep 29, 2014 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by smokeshow
The 4.8 is already low compression lol. I put 18psi to one with just 91 octane...
Would you guys recommend just putting my stock heads on ?
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Old Sep 29, 2014 | 12:17 PM
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The lower compression would help when you went boosted. You could possibly run more boost = more fun.
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