Chamber Size???
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Racer
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From: Bulverde TX
Chamber Size???
Ok so im lookin to get some new heads on my 85 soon and i was just tryin to figure out if 58cc chambers would cause too much compresion for the bottom end and if 76cc chambers wouldnt have enough compresion. I would appreciate some help with this little hitch in my plans. Thanks ahead of time! 
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I had that exact prob...put a set of 113's that were decked .010, and the starter wouldn't even crank it over! It was a $30 Autozone special, but the compression would be too high to run on pump gas anyway. I ended up going with AFR 0919's...65cc chambers, 180cc runners.
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Stock heads are 76cc on 85-86E, so that would keep you at the same CR. Going to 58cc would probably bump it to around 11:1 with a stock gasket, so you will be using premium.
85s bottom end wouldnt have a problem with it. With a colder plug you should be ok.
I would recommend going to a bit thicker gasket though, just to bring it into a safer zone.
85s bottom end wouldnt have a problem with it. With a colder plug you should be ok.
I would recommend going to a bit thicker gasket though, just to bring it into a safer zone.
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I don't know what caused the problem reported by Mark85Vett, but it wasn't caused by the combustion chamber size.
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