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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 09:35 PM
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Car: 1990 Camaro RS
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if i replace my pistons with .75 mm about how many horses am i gunna be gaining? and wut else do i need to raplace wen changin these? also can i turbo or supercharge later if i have high compression pistons?
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 10:08 PM
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**** the pistons are .040 oversize sorry bout that. dopntg knwo wehre i got 75mm. but is that gunan be a good hp gain?
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 10:41 PM
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just boring the block and putting bigger pistons in won't give you much HP. .75 mm is .030"....equivalent to about 1 cubic inch on our small displacement engines.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 05:54 AM
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not enough to matter. overboring isn't done to increase power it's done to true up the bore.
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