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E85 & higher compression
I was reading another thread and someone mentioned that it would be better if we would raise the compression of a motor and make it more E85 specific. I am in the process of gathering parts for my TTA and will be setting it up to run on E85. I am going to pull the motor to look for a knock. A knock that only shows up when the motor gets to operating temperature when it is hot outside.
I am not sure what I will find with the TTA motor?
I have an idea! I have a good Turbo Buick short block. I was told that because of the difference between the TTA pistons and the Turbo Buick pistons the compression ratio using the Turbo Buick pistons and TTA heads is 9.5 to 1. If E85 works better with higher compression then why not use the Turbo Buick short block and the TTA heads?
What do the E85 gurus think of my idea? Would this be the way to go?
Jeasen
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1989 TTA #798, A few mods. It still knocks when warm. Soon to become an alcoholic.
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