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Old 03-01-2014, 04:25 PM   #38
colin1928
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Default Re: PROS and CONS of a high compression head

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Originally Posted by gwhite View Post
I agree completely, just wanted to see where tbirdtbird came up with 7:1 as being the upper limit. IIRC, diesel engines used babbitt for many years with much higher compression ratios...
Diesel Babbitt is a different mix to A Model Babbitt
it can and has been use in cars
may be 1 of the Babbitt guys can explain the differnce
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