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Thread: Building a ZZ430 clone. Question about quench, compression ratio, etc.
          
   
   

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  1. 05-06-2015 10:57 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by v6underpressure View Post
    Was this with the 12557236 head gasket? Or did you go with a thinner one?
    I kept that head gasket. This may sound like blasphemy, but I was not trying to extract the last half-horsepower from this motor. It runs extremely well, and in a 2500# car with 3:70 gears and a 700R/4 trans, it's crazy fast.
    Last edited by Henry Rifle; 05-06-2015 at 01:24 PM.
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