Author Topic: 290psi on Franken Engine??? Too Low?  (Read 5371 times)

Reply #15July 30, 2009, 06:52:56 pm

Vincent Waldon

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Re: 290psi on Franken Engine??? Too Low?
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2009, 06:52:56 pm »
He's talking about the fact that the AAZ cylinder head has larger pre-chambers than the 1.6 and so using the AAZ head on the 1.6 will result in naturally lower compression.

Aha... so I *did* misunderstand... thanks.
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