grooving the squish on the 20v?

[transient]

I was putzing around and saw something in the vortex fabrication forum about how to gain more power on NA cars..

One thing people seemed to like was notching their squish area like this guy describes:
http://somender-singh.com/content/view/7/49

Has this been done on a 20v 4cyl?  Is there even enough room in the squish area on a 20v to really make a difference on a uber-boosted car?

Would you add this to your back-to-back dyno comparison Bob

edit: spelled grooving correctly

[badger5]

extremely interesting read there.
great find
 

[Don®]

One thing that would concern me having these grooves is pre-ignition. The grooves feature sharp edges which would be 1st to get hot and retain heat.

[transient]

One thing that would concern me having these grooves is pre-ignition. The grooves feature sharp edges which would be 1st to get hot and retain heat.

yea.. but the site also says that the grooves help eliminate standing heat waves.. so I dunno if they would equal out in the end..

<= not a thermodynamcis or fluids guy..

While this mod sounds interesting, it's not one of those that can be fixed easily if it doesn't work out..

[crazyass713]

find anything else out on this?

[transient]

nothing 20v specific

lots of talk about this at turbo bricks (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=66779&page=7)

hooray for turbo volvo's

still looking for more turbo + groove action though..

[crazyass713]

that just looks so wrong lol