# kinda gaining interest in small turbo'ed cars (civic)

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [June 5, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kinda-gaining-interest-in-small-turboed-cars-civic/12908 "2006-06-05T00:02:53Z")
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### Author: ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kinda-gaining-interest-in-small-turboed-cars-civic/12908/25 "2006-06-05T22:18:59Z")

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> [@Zer0DazE](#):
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> the block has nothing to do with compression.
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> the vitara pistons with that head and hg put the cr in the 8.5-8.8:1 area. a little too low, if i had to do it over again, i would have kept the cr up near 10:1.

i suppose ur right once i think about it for a minute. Why wouldnt u stick with low compression and just crank up the boost, as apposed to a bit higher compression and less boost?

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