Originally Posted by
Big Jim Racing
Each to their own, and all that, but why would you want a super low compression 1800? It would be a pig to drive anywhere but on the strip and would need 30psi to make any real power..... Keep the 2l and bowl the pistons to give you a low 9 ish cr. It would make a much nicer engine to actually drive. If you want more power than that would live at, get some forged pistons, 'cos you'll probably be needing stronger ring lands anyway.
Scoff made a good point about the torque killing things, but if you fit a turbo with a big enough a/r exh then you can limit the midrange and just make it feel like a really strong NA engine.