01-08-2016, 12:59 PM
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Location: Modesto CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by berfinroy
Mercedes' design is almost certainly more expensive to produce, and as far as my limited understanding of combustion chamber design goes, pointlessly so.
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AMEN!
My recollection of events and performance of those (Chevy) engines at the time, suggested to me that the best use of that chamber design was in truck applications, where engines run at relatively low RPM, but with high manifold pressure. That chamber seemed quite resistant to detonation, a desirable property for a truck engine.
Never the less, the high performance versions did quite well, on a par with 406 Fords, and 413 Mopars.
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