Is Quench Required?

Kern Dog said

I heard this same argument 12 years ago when I was dealing with the knocking. It seemed counterintuitive to run toward fire to put it out.
I went the other way and it worked out.

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If your compression ratio is far enough off and your cam is wrong then you just need to kill compression.

IMO it’s the wrong way to build an engine but in your case it was the correct fix.

Mopowers isnt in the same position as you were.

As a rule, you don’t want to be in between on quench. Either get it under .050 or keep it at .100 but not in between.