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Old 02-04-2009, 10:20 AM
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Can anyone tell me what the compression ratio is on the XIO-360-M1B that is offered by Van's?
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Old 02-04-2009, 10:46 AM
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Default IO-360-M1B Compression
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Can anyone tell me what the compression ratio is on the XIO-360-M1B that is offered by Van's?
Thanks in advance.
Lycoming document SSP-108 (December 2008) says an IO-360-M1B has 8.50:1 compression.
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All Lycoming parallel head engines, including the M1B are 8.5:1 compression, while the angle head engines are 8.7:1 in stock configuration.
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