Someone mentioned on another site that the optimum compression ratio for best fuel economy was not the same as that for best power but they didn't elaborate. I'm not a member of that board so I thought I'd ask you guys what you recommend. I'm primarily interested in a 250 and a 283 because those are the two engines I have to work with. Any insight will be appreciated.


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