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Re: combustion presure
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 4/4/2003

Depends on throttle opening. If you are talking about peak combustion pressures, they are approximately three and a half to four times the peak cranking compression ratio. Assuming 15" of vacuum, and a 9.0 to 1 compression ratio, peak cylinder pressure would b... Login to read more.