Machining Piston to lower compression?

[Rob Andrews]

It's a common misconception to put a thicker gasket in to lower the CR.
That won't due.  I'd recommend reading Corky Bell's book on turbocharging if
you going to get really advanced

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Jorgen Karlsson
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:18 AM
> To: JShadzi at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: Machining Piston to lower compression?
>
>
> I don't like the idea of taking material of the piston in a turbo engine.
> You want the piston rings as low as possible on the piston to ease the
> detonation load on the rings and ring lands. The piston top shoud
> also be as
> thick as possible to handle detonation.
>
> I think that a call to JE pistons will be the best deal in the long run.
>
> Or you could use a thick copper gasket to lower compression.
>
> Jorgen
>