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Old 09-30-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Thumbs up Supercharger compression ratio
On my 351w that I have just rebuilt two summers ago my compression ratio is at 9.5 : 1 . I just started considering supercharging my engine, is this ratio acceptable or do i need to go ahead and lower the compression to 8 : 1?
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It is acceptable, just dont run too much boost.
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So about how much boost do you think i should look at having?
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