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Sep 27, 2014 | 03:57 PM

53clos

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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.

Sep 27, 2014 | 04:18 PM

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yes.

what was the reasoning for the head swap>?

Sep 27, 2014 | 04:24 PM

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yes.

what was the reasoning for the head swap>?

I am going to put a turbo on it.

Sep 27, 2014 | 11:21 PM

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then you should be just fine

Sep 27, 2014 | 11:23 PM

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What heads did you put on it?

Sep 28, 2014 | 10:08 PM

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What heads did you put on it?

I put some 853 heads of a Trans am

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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