Compression ratio?

Kern Dog said:

It was the 383 I rebuilt for this car:
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I had first planned to hone the cylinders and rebuild the 383 with the stock pistons. They sat .076 in the hole though. THis put me about a point under the goal.
I ended up going .030 over and using Speed Pro pistons that sat .025 below deck, then decked the block to get them at .014. I was aiming to be in the 9.25 CR. The heads I have were milled before I got them and when I checked the volume, they came in at either 83 or 84 ccs. My final CR was something like 9.2 or close to that....right where I was hoping to be.
I'm fuzzy on the details but I wrote about it in my build thread titled....
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/lookie-what-5000-buys-you.178346/page-37

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diesel_lv said:

I love Mopar more than any other, but I've had damn near every make out there. The 351 Mach 1 was a slug off the line.
It had a Cleveland which couldn't get out of it's own way unless 3.73 or steeper gears and high revs. The 2bbl heads came w 2.02 intakes and 4bbl came w 2.19's. They were for top end high rev light cars. Now the Windsor was great on the bottom end and could get a 4,200lb pig moving pretty easy.

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Kern Dog said:

No matter what the factory service manual states, it is bullshit. They seemed to LOVE to overestimate the ratios.
My 1970 383 was rated at 8.7 to one but when I tore it down and measured everything, it came in at 8.12 to 1. It was an original piston, standard bore, UNrebuilt 383.would i be the same for a 68 838 2 barrel 383??

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