I'm always down for discussion, bro, so don't take my points the wrong way.

But there's also a limit to the other side of your curve that you "don't' have labelled, and that's the the peak value. If designed incorrectly, you may actually lower that peak value by hitting detonation first. You can get compression all kinds of ways, by decking the block and heads etc... or even a piston with a high compression height. And while it's mostly true that area under curve wins street races--mostly because people don't row through all the gears--the peak part of the curve can cause you a loss if too low. There are simulators for this if you're super into it. It can even tell you what kind of gearing will pair up with your curve and rpm limits.
If you're a street racer, you would look at your curve before deciding whether you want to start from a roll or from a dig. It's all math in the end. (I don't street race in my slow STI).

It's a gamble whether the increase in compression will allow you to make gains all over the curve. You could actually bring that ceiling lower by not being able to hit MBT before knock. Data on Nasioc seems to support this for a lot of high compression setups on pump gas.

This is when you have to look at the whole setup. Everyone says here "build it", which to me is meaningless. Actually it pisses me off, as do the terms conservative and aggressive. Imagine if Bran808 replaced your paint conservatively or installed your fender aggresively. What the hell does that mean? I have a dent in my car. Oh well "build it." I got punched in the face the other day, but the dude did it conservatively, so it's "safe." But my other friend heard that his friend got punched aggresively by another guy, so that's bad and dangerous. And well I heard from a reputable puncher that my aggressive bruise will be offset by conservative doctor's bill. Okay?

This is a claim and not a fact, but I'd bet that most of the intelligent high compression setups are running cams with a lot of overlap, and so their dynamic compression is moderate, while their static compression may be high. So what they did was make up the loss in dynamic compression from the cams by bumping up static compression. But on a stock cammed motor, you''ll probably end up lowering your curve if you go to high on compression (also a claim and not a fact), as the stroke on the 257 already necessitates high timing figures from the high piston speeds. And then when you lower the timing to compensate for the increase in compression ratio, you may not make up that difference (and may if it's designed correctly).

 

nope the 22t is 75mm crank and 97mm bore

 

Sorry I meant 2.1l (typo)

 

hahaha i thought you were smarter then that..LOL

 

I think I need to cool it on the posting.

 

do me a favor can you email me those adobe videos you sent me. i lost them. and pm me your number

 

Would you like me to "build" it and send it to you "aggressively" the "right way?"

 

sure