Compression question

Anyone know about what a 78 460 with Dove heads would have for compression?

Thanks,
Jay

Stock cast pistons?

About 9.2 or so with -22cc cast pistons, and 78cc chambers.

Yea stock.
And thank you.


Jay

havinfun wrote:Anyone know about what a 78 460 with Dove heads would have for compression?

Thanks,
Jay

Take your garden variety 1978 460, remove the D3VE heads and install D0VE heads (with the requisite valve train upgrade) and you'll be at about 9.1:1 compression ratio, depending on particualrs.

Paul

Thank you , Was wandering how this engine would work with a Edelbrock RPM cam (dont have the card} with a stealth intake and the heads with port work and bigger valves would work together.
I know not the best match of parts but it is what my brother has now and it would get the car running.
The car is a 1984 Lincoln Mark VII, C6 and a 9 Inch with 3.73.


Thanks,

Jay

I'm a big fan of getting going and then building on what you have. Its way more fun to race and drive your slow car (speed is relative) than it is to watch somebody else's fast car...

Thats kinda what I was telling him.
The intake and cam was on a 429 in that Lincoln and ran decent for what it was, it had D3s on it.
The Dove heads he got from another fellow in a pretty good deal, the porting and valve job looks pretty
good to me(I'm no guru).
I hope it'll run alot better than the 429 that was in there.

Jay

the1969fordguyinky wrote:I'm a big fan of getting going and then building on what you have. Its way more fun to race and drive your slow car (speed is relative) than it is to watch somebody else's fast car...

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