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View Poll Results: Could it be done?
Yes, and I have done things similar, and could offer advice. 0 0%
No, and you are crazy for even thinking of that idea. 1 4.00%
Possibly with lots of time, money and fudging things around. 6 24.00%
Yeah, and might not be that bad, provided you can find some parts 6 24.00%
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Old 05-30-2002, 06:11 AM   #1
Big69C20 Toy
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Insane idea?

Ok i muddled around with that whole propane idea a bit as some of you may have read in other posts. Well it's 3am here and i cant sleep so i've got more ideas.

I was looking at getting a set of heads for my rat. Well from what i can tell it's got low compression as is and that's with closed chamber 98cc heads. I'm looking at buying some nice aluminum heads, open chamber design and all that jazz. Well if i did put those heads on my compression ratio would be so low i'd have some bad problems from what i can tell. Most of those open chamber heads are 110cc for the ovals, and even bigger for the rectangulars.

My thought is this: If i dumped a nice new set of heads on, my compression would drop probly down to around 7:1 i think (anyone wanna figure it out fer me?) and that in my mind is making me think prime candidate for turbocharging. This in mind, a propane fed bi-turbocharged 396 with compression that low and having the propane (104 octane) i could probably push some MAD PSI with those turbos.

I want some thoughts on this guys, i know it's a wild idea, but hey its 3am. Some of you may laugh at this but i'm really thinking this could be one insane little thing. I've got old friends at Garrett Turbo (biggest manufacturer out there) so getting turbos wouldnt be bad. I've never worked with turbos on a vehicle nor have i worked with propane, so all this would be a great leap for me with lots of hopin and such involved.

Ok this post is long i know but i think it could be one heck of an idea. So come on all you motor gurus and crazy sum-biatches out there, think with me on this and throw me some ideas, criticisms, kudos or something.

Enuf of my rambling, but i'm still gonna be awake all night!
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