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Static Compression Ratio


kc8oye

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A guy on another forum explained how to calculate static compression for my engine.. so I figured I would share since it's simple and easy to follow smile

 

My pistons are SpeedPro L2256F +.030

here's their info from summitracing.com

Bore (in) 4.000 in.

Piston Style Flat top, with four valve reliefs

Piston Material Forged aluminum

Compression Distance (in) 1.563 in.

Piston Head Volume (cc) +6.10cc

 

Let's just go through it for the benefit of others reading here.

A 350 bored +0.030" will have a bore of 4.030" and a stroke of 3.480". Using our cubic inch formula of .7854 times bore times bore times stroke times 16.387 = 727.4 cc's.

 

The stock 350 crank will have a radius of 1.740" (half the stroke). The stock rod length will be 5.703". Your pistons have a compression height of 1.563". If we add up these values, we find a stack of 9.006". Now, given that the nominal block deck height of a 350 is 9.025", that would theoretically put the piston crown at 0.019" below the deck at TDC. We would use the same formula to figure the piston deck height volume. .7854 times 4.03 times 4.03 times .019 times 16.387 = 3.97 cc's.

 

Let's say we have 67 cc chambers in the heads. And we know that the pistons you are using have 6.1 cc's in the crown.

 

727.4 in the cylinder

67 in the heads

3.97 in the piston deck height

6.1 in the piston crown

9 in the gasket (generic 0.040" gasket)

total- 813.47

total less cylinder- 86.07

divide larger by smaller = 9.45:1 static compression ratio.

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