[josh green]

I am going to start building a shortblock as soon as I buy it here in about a week. I was wanting to know what compression would be the highest I could go with and still have a reliable daily driver? I was thinking about 12:1 for the highest to go. Now I know that high compression isnt needed to make good power all motor. I have seen plenty of people make 200whp+ on 11.5:1 compression b series motors. I want to run IPS cams or maybe something bigger so I would have to upgrade valvetrain, like some toda b's or crower stage 3's or whatever. What are some of your suggestions?

 

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Something bigger would most definitely require more compression and displacement. Those two factors would negate your goal as a daily driver on pump gas. 12:1 is doable on 91 pump gas - 93 will only make it better.

-Ron