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Easiest way to raise compression

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Kurt2002

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I'm taking my heads off in a few weeks and was wondering if anyone knows away to raise compression the easiest? I know having the heads milled will raise it but I don't know how much. I was told I can't swap pistons unless I rebalance the rotating assembly.

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Kurt
 

mustang70

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You don't have to rebalance the whole assembly if you swap pistons. It's just a good idea to keep things smooth. Does someone make thinner head gaskets for the mod motors? If you don't want to mill that's your next best choice.
 
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deck the heads
 

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I say just do it the right way and get some different pistons and balance the rotating assembly.
 
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I know there are custom head gaskets out there that drop compression for PI swapped cars, there should also be some thinner ones to bump it up....
 

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you really don't want to deck the heads on an OHC engine much. you already have 9.4:1 compression which isn't bad. get some cams instead. it will make much more of a difference.
 

Kurt2002

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isn't 2002 compression 9.0 to 1? That is what I thought. Why is milling OHC heads a bad thing?

Cams is going to happen, just waiting on VT stock to come in.
 
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