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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. OAM" data-source="post: 250075" data-attributes="member: 9816">You sound like someone that would build an engine without knowing anything about them when you say this (not saying you don't know how to build a normally aspirated engine, this is a comparison). How hard can it be to put the parts together, right? Well, there is a lot of physics that engines are designed and built around and to do these things correctly you need to know how these things work and what factors are involved.Yes, you asked a question but I did not give you the answer you were wanting. Sorry, but there are physics and engineering involved that cannot be discounted. Supercharging engines started with supercharging fighter plane engines in WW II . Since then hotrodders have been adapting them to cars so there is a very long history of trial and error as well as precision engineering done by real engineers, and to this day supercharged street engines are not built with high compression for several real reasons that are all based on physics, and physics does not change.So yes, you need to read a book to understand what is involved. There are no points to argue, only information to learn and understand. Nobody became a mechanic or engine builder because someone just told them once how to do it. You need to learn about these things, that's why not everybody can do it.IF you were to build an engine this way you would need a race block, 4 bolt billet studded main caps, forged crank, rods, and pistons, studs for mounting the heads, the tops of the cylinders in the block would need to be machined for metal ring seals in the head gaskets, very high pressure valve springs, and life expectancy of the engine would still be shortened. This would take more money and last shorter on the street than most people have to waste. But don't take my word for it, the reason for this would become clear if you read a book on supercharging. Reading is not just something done in school, it's done when we want or need to learn about something.Steve</blockquote>