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    I was wondering, when people talk about ratios like 18:1 or 13:1 or anything like that then what are they talking about. I am guessing fuel to air ratio right? And does it mean the same thing when they talk about getting pistons that have a certain ratio? If someone can please explain this in some good detail then it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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    That's your compression ratio. Techinspector1 wrote this excellent compression ratio explained thread, here it is, I would never be able to explain it as good as Tech has so that's why I'm directing you to that post through this link. http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...ression+ratios
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    Ay thanks a lot man, I appreciate the help. I checked it out and all now... kind of hard to understand, but I understand most of it and there are things here and there that I don't understand.... Thanks again!
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