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Old 10-22-2013, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62 View Post
6X-8s would be my choice. With 101cc chambers, you should have an 87 octane friendly
engine.
The 6X-8 heads on my GV's 455 was 98 cc before I milled 'em; you'll get some variance.

I believe I calculated the compression at 9.3 : 1

However the difference between the old 7.6 : 1 200 horse 455 (with less than 25K orig miles) is night & day

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