Thread: newbie help building engine

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Kind of gets back to what I was saying in the first place.You should face the fact how old of a engine your starting with<because it is a matter of fact>,it's current condition,the recommendations Pat has made combined with Tech's post.
To answer your question directly,yes a head swap can raise the compression ratio,but all for not if the rest is worn like a engine that old would likely be.

Originally Posted by 1gary

Kind of gets back to what I was saying in the first place.You should face the fact how old of a engine your starting with<because it is a matter of fact>,it's current condition,the recommendations Pat has made combined with Tech's post.
To answer your question directly,yes a head swap can raise the compression ratio,but all for not if the rest is worn like a engine that old would likely be.

yes and thats is were the flat top cast pistons can come in to play with what . decking the block will help and many sbc have very bad deck s for finish older sbc not bad newer ones can be bad . that is why i really do not care to post any thing any more anywere. i do not build engine for sound or buy smaller CR chamber head just to put bigger cams in for more sound . for me it,s the parts all working together to give the best output at the RPM range were the engine will see use. now i must go warm up my shop to work on some engines built for power