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Post by justin95ta on Sept 8, 2005 21:41:04 GMT -5
i was just wondring what the best way is to drop compression. i know with imports you can get thinker gaskets to bring it down just a little bit, but dont know if that works with lt1's.
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Post by 94m6hardtopz on Sept 9, 2005 0:47:49 GMT -5
running thicker HGs will ruin the quench and can make it have hotspots. the right way to do it is run dished pistons. the lt1s are pretty bad about quench in stock form because the pistons are .0025" in the hole and they have a .0039" gasket.
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Post by '68SuperchargedLT1Camaro on Sept 9, 2005 0:55:11 GMT -5
running thicker HGs will ruin the quench and can make it have hotspots. the right way to do it is run dished pistons.......................  |
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Post by metalbeast on Sept 9, 2005 6:31:15 GMT -5
I am assuming you are doing this for running a forced induction setup. I that case, just running a thicker head gasket is just a quick fix that will cause more harm than good in the long run. I would recommend at minimum getting dished pistons AND an aftermarket set of heads like AFR 195s, or Trickflows with larger combustion chambers. It would be easier for us to make recommendations though if we knew the exact goals, setup, etc. you wish to achieve. Please elaborate on what you want and we will be more than happy to assist you  |
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Post by justin95ta on Sept 10, 2005 20:07:30 GMT -5
hee a little info to help with recomendations and hopefully this will get easier for me to do. i would like to run forced induction, since gas is going up like crazy with all luck i will be picking up a turbo eclipse monday and garaging the TA with the intention to tear apart and rebuild for some form of forced induction. hope that helps a little bit.
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Post by metalbeast on Sept 10, 2005 21:53:34 GMT -5
hee a little info to help with recomendations and hopefully this will get easier for me to do. i would like to run forced induction, since gas is going up like crazy with all luck i will be picking up a turbo eclipse monday and garaging the TA with the intention to tear apart and rebuild for some form of forced induction. hope that helps a little bit. If that is what you intend to do, I would recomend spending some money on getting a strong bottom end. Forged crank, blower pistons, forged rods. For the top end I would recommend some Trickflow 195 CC LT1 heads. They have a slightly larger combustion chamber (62cc) that, along with the blower pistons, should keep your CR low enough. Plus they seem to flow really well when ported. Beforewarned though, this is not the cheap route. |
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Post by justin95ta on Sept 12, 2005 23:21:09 GMT -5
yeah i didnt expect it to be cheap but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep from destroying the engine. thanks i will begin to look into it once i get my bills straight.
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