Piston types?
Dogface
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From: At the Beach, FL
St. Jude Donor '15, '17
It effects the compression ratio which is where the power comes from. For the most part the higher the compression the more power you make until detonation occurs. You need to make sure you have the valve/ head clearence to run flat top or domed type pistons.
You do not give much information to go by, so what is your goal or plan? What is the application? Don
You do not give much information to go by, so what is your goal or plan? What is the application? Don
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From: Spring Texas
St. Jude Donor '08
It effects the compression ratio which is where the power comes from. For the most part the higher the compression the more power you make until detonation occurs. You need to make sure you have the valve/ head clearence to run flat top or domed type pistons.
You do not give much information to go by, so what is your goal or plan? What is the application? Don
You do not give much information to go by, so what is your goal or plan? What is the application? Don
Dogface
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From: At the Beach, FL
St. Jude Donor '15, '17
Gotcha. Just so you know the pistons range from dished like a bowl which can be used for supercharged or turbo applications usually in the 7 to 9 to one ratio up to a high dome type which looks like a mini mountain on top of the pistion for really high compression race applications which can be in the 13 to 1 ratio and up. In our cars you see the flat or just small valve relief types which are 10 or 10.5 to one ratios. Lots of good articles about this stuff in Hot Rod or Car Craft magazines. Enjoy the reading. Don
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