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Old January 1st, 2016, 05:41 AM
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Default Re: SO who came up with the GMC V6's???

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Originally Posted by bigblockv6 View Post
GMC did have what the called the HC(High Compression) series of V6 engines, never installed in trucks. They were sold for industrial purposes, though they called them high compression the ratio did not exceed 9 to 1.
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Yes they did. I think the idea was that those engines were primarily for use with propane/LNG/CNG fuels.

I wonder if any of the high compression engines ended up in forklifts.
I'll bet the extra compression boost helped alot though. Would be neat to find one.
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