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On 15 Jun 2002, at 19:58, Shad Laws wrote: > I would STRONGLY recommend not going to this very low compression ratio! > Gas mileage, head temperature, engine life, and engine power will all > suffer. Today's gas may not be full of TEL, but it isn't so bad that 6.9:1 > is required. That's one of Berg's absolute worst recommendations, > especially when coupled with semi-hemi heads. Yuck. I've had several engines built to these specs, and haven't seen any such problems. I can't say for sure what the overall lifetimes might be, but they're all years old and still going. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/