[DeTomaso] Compression ratio estimate

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

It is the difference in volume of the cylinder space at the bottom of
the stroke and between the volume at the top of the stroke.


Michael Shortt

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Jack Donahue <demongusta at me.com> wrote:
> Could someone DEFINE "compression ratio"?
> On Aug 12, 2013, at 6:33 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>
>> http://store.katechengines.com/whistler-compression-ratio-tester-p174.aspx
>>
>> Maybe find a shop with one of these?
>>
>> Jeff
>> 6559
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear fellow Panteraians,
>>> I have a question for the more technically savvy . Is it possible to come
>>> up with an estimate of your pistons compression ratio by measuring the
>>> cylinder compression? As I have mentioned before I bought my car from the
>>> estate of a gear head who owned several auto parts stores and he spent
>>> allot of money on my Pantera when it was his. He was apparently a fan of
>>> Hall Pantera because allot of the Pantera goodies he bought appear to be
>>> Halls ( and there were lots of Hall literature and parts lists)
>>> The engine has roller rockers and Hall big bore headers and an in
>>> unidentified
>>> cam. Since I have not been inside the engine ( and don't want to until I
>>> need too) I am trying to find out as much as I can and if there are any
>>> forensic techniques for coming up with an educated guess as to the engine
>>> components I would appreciate hearing about them.
>>> Boyd
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