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Old 09-30-2013, 12:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
stovie
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Safe compression ratio?

Ok what's the highest compression ratio you can hit with a stock engine before needing reinforcement?? I was looking on line about ethanol and other fuels like it, and they say that if you can hit like 14.5-1 cr you'd get better FE out of them then with gasoline but I've been told that if you did that to a stock engine you'd blow the pistons out the bottom or else destroy your main bearings really fast. Any ideas??

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