i heard that if you , lets say, put a thicker head gasket on the engine, to lower the compression, it grows more power.. what do you guys think? if it does work, do i need to change/modify anything else? is it this simple?! lol im mixed up..
thanks

 

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If that is the ONLY thing changed to the engine, you will most likely not gain power (possibly lose some.) But if you were to put a thinner headgasket and raise compression you might gain a slight amount.

 

You typically install a thicker headgasket to lower the compression ratio. This in turn will allow you to run a higher amount of boost. Simply installing a thicker HG will not make more power by itself.

 

yeah, thicker headgasket will always give you less power, less compression=less power; unless you make up for it with boost

 

Simple answers

YOU WANT
Lower compression for turbo
Higher compression for all motor

 

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YOU WANT
Lower compression for turbo
Higher compression for all motor</TD></TR></TABLE>


Actually you DONT WANT lower compression for turbo....you NEED lower compression on turbo cars to fight detonation. Higher compression is always better no matter what; by having higher compression you improve engine's VE, thus making more power.
If not ask the pros.; running 10+ compression on top of 25+ pounds of boost

 

hmmm..thank you very much!