I have been reading about about a theory on high compression, and today's gasoline, while it's a fact that the quality of gasoline has went down hill with all of the emissions laws, it does not mean that you can't still build a high performance, high compression engine.
You do have to be more careful then you used to, as a high compression engine is more likely to detonate, and that can cause serious damage to your high performance, high dollar engine, and you don't want to kill your engine in the name of horsepower, at the same time, a high performance car, is a lot more fun with a high performance engine.
These days, with all you hear about the low quality and low performing gasoline, and the cloud of mystery that high compression has been hidden in, it scares people to think of an engine with 10:1 or higher compression, bu it is possible, with the right implementation of machine and computer technology, just about anything can be done.
I have a friend with a blown 1500 hp 1940 Ford coupe, that runs just fine on today's gas, a supercharger's entire reason for living, is to compress the air and gas coming in to the engine and the stuff it in to the cylinders, creating a high compression engine, it's true, it did take a bit of work to get it all working together, but it works like a charm.
With all the computer chip manufactures, building high performance chips for your computer in your car, all you have to do is tell them what your engine is going to be, and they can program accordingly. it does not need to be hidden in a cloud of mystery, just ask a lot of questions, and make sure that you have a right people building your engine, and you should get exactly what you want.
Today we have fuel injections on about anything that we want them on, and the inherent nature of a better fuel delivery system, makes it possible for you to make more power also, it will create more torque at low rpms, and more hp at higher rpms, this combined with today's machine technology, the sky is the limit, you do need to know what you want your engine to do, so a chip can be programed for it.
After all they are capable of amazing feats in today's machine shops, with how much that processes have improved over the years, a lot of things that weren't possible just a couple of years back, are possible now, it changes quite a bit from year to year, with the big three bringing back their high performance cars, the demand has become much greater for a machining process that can handle these engines.
I've been in the automotive business for about 20 or 25 years, I have worked in all facets of the industry, from parts to restoration, all different makes and models, I just want to keep people interested in the old cars because it's where my heart is.
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