RE: 8:1 comp. is good if -- - - - - - - - -

[Sean B <polecat2@xxxxxxxx>]

I've got a 1978 440 with factory 8:1 slugs.  I had .025" milled off the 
heads to make up for the thicker Fel-Pro gasket, and Jim at Racer Brown 
ground my cam 5 degrees advanced.  All eight cylinders are almost 
exactly 155 psi on a quality, MAC TOOLS compression tester, with all 
spark plugs removed, throttle wide open, and engine warmed up.  Awesome 
power right off the line, with cheap pump gas.

Sean


Richard Kinsley wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey Paul,   
> 
> Since you have low compression that sounds like a
> perfect excuse to put on a blower!!!! Gee dear it just
> doesn't have enough power and this is ALL I can do :-)
> They're an easy bolt on for a 440 (saw it on
> Horsepower TV) and gotta be cheap !?


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