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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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compression hieghts of 2.8 and 3.1 pistons

anyoen know the compression hieghts of the 2.8 and 3.1 pistons

i dont have the info off hand and i need it
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 09:00 PM
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Re: compression hieghts of 2.8 and 3.1 pistons

trying to figure out if a 2.8 crank with a 6inch rod and 3.1 piston will come close to working

a 6 inch rod 2.8 with a turbo, or high compression hyrbid would be a pretty nasty build
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Re: compression hieghts of 2.8 and 3.1 pistons

The difference in crank throw is .3", divide that by 2 and that's what you get for your pin height difference between the 3.1 and 2.8 (.150"). If you put a 6" rod on a 2.8 crank and 3.1 piston, your piston will be proud .140" out of the block (3.1 pistons are .010" in the hole, 2.8 are zero deck).
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Old May 7, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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Re: compression hieghts of 2.8 and 3.1 pistons

dammit and the 3.1 pistons cant be flycut enough, forgot about halving the crank throw distance
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Old May 15, 2012 | 08:08 PM
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Re: compression hieghts of 2.8 and 3.1 pistons

60*v6 has a CR calculator on their site fyi, useful for figuring out that kinda stuff. Also if you just run 3x00 heads on a stock 2.8 it puts you at a pretty damn high CR from what I recall when I did the calcs on it.
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