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Old 11-09-2007, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TomsSVX View Post
we had done the math years ago and found the compression ratio of the 2.2l pistons were significantly lower than acceptable levels. For ex. a turbo piston would drop it to 7.5:1 and an N/A piston was 8.0:1

Tom
7.5:1 and 8.0:1? Nice! More boost to compensate for lower compression ratio.
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