Tom, have you considered adding the combustion chamber grooves, or is is a completely open chamber head? grooves would help address ping. Sincerely, Greg Taylor :) <>< And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. - 1 John 5:11-12 --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] 232 combustion chamber To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 9:34 AM Good point, with no squish your not hurting anyything with double gaskets or at least finding the thickest one out there for it. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bruce Hevner" <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > If your chamber has no "squish" area there's a couple of ways you can go. > > Water/Alky injection. It works and when used conservatively is probably > you're best answer. Edelbrock used to make a nice kit. Was adjustable by RPM > AND vacuum so you could tune it as needed. I installed one on a 351 Ford > Modified (no squish either) and it worked good. > > What is your "running/cranking" compression? If too high you could try > double gasket or a shim to lower it. With no "squish" to worry about this is > viable. > > If any of you remember the old GM Vega engine they had a completely open CC. > There was a guy who invented a steel "wedge" that installed in the chamber > with sealing compound and a large bolt to give it not only more compression > but a "squish" area!! He claimed something like 15% more power AND mileage > due to the mod. Never got a chance to try it but I'll bet it worked!! > > But hey,,, that's just ME > Bruce Hevner > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080718/e918d118/attachm > ent.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080718/a4371680/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list