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high compression GSR..reliable for daily?

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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 09:52 PM
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Default high compression GSR..reliable for daily?

sorry if i post this in the wrong topic....

a few more weeks from now..i might be puttin back my bro's old High compression gsr motor back in my hatch..i get atleast 300+ miles a week...would the motor be reliable...depends? right now i got a stock b16 motor in it...wondering if the motor would give up on me...

what are some bad things that can happend?..thanks.
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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how high is the compression??
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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around 12.1
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 10:51 PM
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The quality of the build, and the tuning will have more to do with reliability than will the static compression ratio.
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 10:56 PM
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Default Re: high compression GSR..reliable for daily? (HondaEF)

im running 11.7 for my daily runs fine
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