Compression Ratio

I was going by what a factory stock 318 would have for compression from the factory. I was thinking that if I was to get a car with a bone stock 318 and it ran fine and didn't smoke what performance could I expect from it with a few bolt ons. I'm taking about a LA 318. Of course if it would need a rebuild then I would raise the compression ratio.


What you are missing is most factory stuff is a point or more under the advertised CR.

And you throw away way more giving up just a few percentage points of HP.

It‘s crazy to do that.