Compression Ratio per Camshaft Size
The engine doesn’t detonate at all. I use a MSD distributor. I honestly don’t really like it. It lacks adjustability. I can’t get it where I’d like it to run at. I’d like to run it more aggressively.
But it runs fine.
Screw the dish piston. Use flat tops. Use a thicker gasket to lower the compression. You really don’t want to exceed .050 in the piston to head distance since this is the line where most agree that the quench is lost.
The below is a quick calculation I did at Wallace racing on a .030 - 360 w/zero deck pistons and a .050 head gasket which leaves you at 10.48-1. OK, let’s round that up to 10.5-1.
The engine doesn’t detonate at all. I use a MSD distributor. I honestly don’t really like it. It lacks adjustability. I can’t get it where I’d like it to run at. I’d like to run it more aggressively.
But it runs fine.
Screw the dish piston. Use flat tops. Use a thicker gasket to lower the compression. You really don’t want to exceed .050 in the piston to head distance since this is the line where most agree that the quench is lost.
The below is a quick calculation I did at Wallace racing on a .030 - 360 w/zero deck pistons and a .050 head gasket which leaves you at 10.48-1. OK, let’s round that up to 10.5-1.