I doubt it- - - -that car would have been knocking, detonating, and generally running like crap! Too much of a good thing, like compression, is a nightmare- - - -not a pipe dream!

I miscalculated piston dome height on a round track engine once. It made it half a lap before it blew the head gasket out on all 8 cylinders. A 16:1 compression 327 is just about a Diesel!
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!