i may be purchasing a very well built d16a6 motor buts its compression is 8.5:1 right now however i will probably not be putting a turbo kit until christmas time...so i was wondering how this would affect the engine/driveability being that it is my daily driver..any suggestions??

 

Well first of no power its going to feel like a slug.Might want to put the motor and turbo all at once

 

i had a feeling that was the case..

 

It will be fine. One point of compression isn't going to cut your power in half or anything.

 

You will be ok, I did for about 8 months. Just feels a bit sluggish at take off but then you are ok.

 

just advance your timing a little. you will be fine.

with that low of compresison you have a little bit you can play with in the timing area.

now once your boosted. PLEASE dont leave your timing advanced.

platinum.

 

could i raise the compression closer to stock using a different head gasket??? or is that just worthless??

 

sure if you wanna rip the head off.

use a thinner head gasket to raise the compression.

platinum.

 

well i have some arp studs laying around that i was going to install anyway...any reccomendations on head gaskets that would bring this closer to stock compression???

 

sce makes one i think. and mr gasket has some as well. if your only going to use it for a little while till your boosted, i would go with the cheaper one.

 

If you use a thin enough gasket to get your compression back, you will alter the cam timing a lot, too.

My engine is 8.5:1, too (stock was 9.5:1). It's a little soft below 4000, but I've advanced the timing quite a bit (stock = 12 BTDC, now = 18 BTDC) and it runs good. I'm looking forward to the turbo.

Sonny