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What's my compression Ratio?

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Tim65GT

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I have a '74 block with .030 over dished pistons.

The heads are '66.

Other than the overbore, I think everything is stock.

I think dished pistons were normal for '74, but with the combustion chamber of the '66 heads, I maybe down around 8:1 or lower.

The lady I got the car from got it in the late 70's and whoever did the engine work was before that, 'cause she said it never had been apart.

I checked compression a while back and got 125-135psi

When I took it apart to put new gaskets and seals, I could still see the crosshatch pattern on the bores.

What do you engine gurus think?
 

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assuming a 30 cc dish, it sounds like about 9.0:1 to me.
 

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Thanks, I actually thought it'd be lower.

Do you know what the chamber size is on '66 289 heads?
 

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Tim65GT said:
Do you know what the chamber size is on '66 289 heads?
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54cc
 

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Thanks!
 
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