Ok fellas,
I know you blokes wouldn't do something this dopey but I thought I should share.
We quite often mix and match different heads and cams on our motors.
But we try to run a CR between 13:1 and 14:1 with all of them.
Our "big motor" has been the exception.
And it has proved to be nothing but a pain in the rear.
So it was decided to use a head with larger combustion chambers and valves with a radical long duration cam we had previously used in one of our smaller motors.
But the main aim was to lower the compression ratio to an acceptable level.
To put not to fine a point on it we cocked up the math.
The result was to high a CR and our valve pockets were cut way to deep.
When we fired the old girl up she popped two pistons straight up and filled the shop with oil smoke.
Not quiet the result we where looking for, oh well.
Cheers,
Brian