Originally posted by Dave Koehler:
That was probably said in the 60s or 70s. Perhaps even earlier. Smokey is a messiah to many of us but he was wrong.
That reads like something I would hear from a gas carb guy that had never run alky.
Firesuit is on.
FWIW I think a maximum of 14:1 on alky works the best all around.
Above that the window gets real narrow with very little gain if any other than dyno bragging rights.
I assume most realize that those dyno numbers seldom happen outside of the cell.
Honestly, with the big cubes these days most make more HP by mistake than by design.
It would seem chasing diesel compression ratios makes little sense.
Which brings up a what if question.
Would someone "soften" the chambers versus a smaller dome and create a better alky happy scenario??
