11:1 Compression on pump gas? [Archive] - Chevelle Tech

: 11:1 Compression on pump gas?


PickSS
Aug 30th, 04, 3:20 PM
How street freindly is this setup for my 66 chevelle? I plan to drive this car on the street not down the 1/4 mile. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The specs:'68 motor .030 over, forged steel crank, lumpy cam, solid lifters, 11:1 compression, roller rockers,MSD set up,Holly torker intake and carb. Brand new Flowmaster exhaust all the way back and ceramic headers.

RatONaStick
Aug 30th, 04, 3:39 PM
it can be done, but i will say to tame 11:1 you need a pretty large cam. large cams and street manners dont exactly come hand in hand.

what are the cam specs? what size carb are you using?

expect to do quite a bit of ignition/carb tuning(mainly initial timing and the idle circuit) and expect to go through plugs fairly quickly until you get the carb/timing right.

Pat Kelley
Aug 30th, 04, 9:09 PM
Go here (http://members.uia.net/pkelley2/DynamicCR.html) to read up on pump gas, cams ,and CR's.