i know nothing really about s-14's, but have built quite a few motors, and i was wondering....if the comp. is way too high couldn't you shave a little (thousandths ) off the crown or machine the valve pocket a little deeper to lower the compression to a more streetable ratio??? are the crowns too thin to do so? i doesn't take much machining to drop it a little so you can run pump gas and or a more aggressive cams. you would need to re-balance the pistons after the machine work to be spot on, but i would have the whole assembly at least checked before the motor was put together. "kits" usually don't come with a very good balance job anyways.
just an idea ;)
if the crowns are too thin you could always take a little out of the chamber in the head to lower the comp too. P&P the head, match the cc's of the chambers, unshroud the valves, match port the manifolds (all porting and matching to the stock gasket's ID on both the intake and exhaust is almost perfect for just about any street set up, leave the crazy redesigning of the chambers and ports to the race teams). with the 2.5, some REASONABLE cams, and the head work you should end up with a powerful and streetable set up and a solid motor. just add the top end stuff from there as he wants to get more power
just an idea ;)
if the crowns are too thin you could always take a little out of the chamber in the head to lower the comp too. P&P the head, match the cc's of the chambers, unshroud the valves, match port the manifolds (all porting and matching to the stock gasket's ID on both the intake and exhaust is almost perfect for just about any street set up, leave the crazy redesigning of the chambers and ports to the race teams). with the 2.5, some REASONABLE cams, and the head work you should end up with a powerful and streetable set up and a solid motor. just add the top end stuff from there as he wants to get more power
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