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Originally Posted by TRacer
With regard to reducing compression, a stock turbo Buick V6 runs 8.0:1 compression; lowering it would result in the car not being able to spool a turbo very much at all even with a small A/R exhaust housing, plus it would be an Uber-Pig on the street. If anything, in a gonzo build it's not uncommon to use a stroker crank and up the CR to about 9.0:1 so that you don't have to run as much boost to go as fast.
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Wow, I had no idea it was already that low. Why does he need an alcohol injection system to keep up with the increased boost if the CR is so low? Is this car not intercooled?