I always have trouble trying to find this info and I'm not the best with wanting to do the math. I found a good write up on a different site that I'm working off to give us good info. Here goes ...
The advertised static compression ratio for the US spec Zetec is 9.6:1, note the US spec and that we are not talking about the SVT version of the engine.
Typically to find the compression ratio you'd use this formula:
but we don't know all the required information to make that formula work so we'll have to work it backwards. (we don't know the combustion chamber volume)
Now to find the Combustion Chamber volume simply divide the total chamber volume by the compression ratio, 499.5 / 9.6 = 52.03125 Cubic Centimeters.
Now remember this is a total chamber volume. That is with any relief in the piston and including the head gasket. We can remove the volume of the head gasket because we know what it is.
The standard US spec head gasket thickness for the Zetec is 0.6858 mm thick with a bore of (about) 84.8 mm. That means using the formula for the volume of a cylinder we can figure the volume and eliminate it.
Pi (3.14159 for all practicality) times the radius (half the diameter of 84.8 or 42.4 mm) squared times the height (which is our 0.6858 mm).
3.14159 X 4.24^2 X 0.06858 = 3.873281546 cubic centimeters
Now we can subtract our head gasket volume from our total volume and are left with the cylinder head volume (roughly), 52.03125 - 3.873281546 = 48.157968454 cubic centimeters.
Now lets run through the SVT version for kicks.
The SVT has a static compression ratio of 10.2:1 and uses a head gasket that is 1.0414 millimeters thick,
1998 / 4 = 499.5
499.5 / 10.2 = 48.970588235
3.14159 X 4.24^2 X 0.10414 = 5.8262884378
48.970588235 - 5.8262884378 = 43.144299798
So now we've found out where the extra compression for the SVT comes from. Now it's time to play with some more numbers and make a chart for gasket swapping and milling the head, but remember these are merely approximations and may not be actual, use caution.
Standard Zetec Raise Compression:
shaving the head (in cm),
standard head gasket (.027" or 0.6858mm)
0.0254 --- 50.596702491 --- 9.872184854
0.0508 --- 49.162154982 --- 10.16025437
0.0762 --- 47.727607473 --- 10.465640883
0.1016 --- 46.293059964 --- 10.789954269
0.1270 --- 44.858512455 --- 11.135010339
SVT Head Raise Compression:
shaving the head (in cm),
standard SVT head gasket (.041" or 1.0414mm),
0.0254 --- 47.536040727 --- 10.507816645
0.0508 --- 46.101493218 --- 10.834790050
0.0762 --- 44.666945709 --- 11.182765960
0.1016 --- 43.232398200 --- 11.553835105
0.1270 --- 41.797850691 --- 11.950375240
with just using the .027" (standard Zetec) head gasket
0.06858 --- 47.017581344 --- 10.62368556
with Zetec head gasket (.027" or 0.6858mm)
0.0254 --- 45.583033835 --- 10.958024466
0.0508 --- 44.148486326 --- 11.314091186
0.0762 --- 42.713938817 --- 11.694074905
0.1016 --- 41.279391308 --- 12.100469124
0.1270 --- 39.844843799 --- 12.536126444
*Please be advised these are only approximations*
I figured the compression ratios by taking the displacement divided by 4 divided by the chamber size. Not sure if that is correct but I'd guess it will get you close.
Also being no one has ever CC'd the head while shaving it everything is just a guess.
Open to criticism and/ or a better chart/method.
The advertised static compression ratio for the US spec Zetec is 9.6:1, note the US spec and that we are not talking about the SVT version of the engine.
Typically to find the compression ratio you'd use this formula:
b = cylinder bore (diameter)
s = piston stroke length
Vc = volume of the combustion chamber (including head gasket)
We know the total engine volume is 1998 Cubic Centimeters but we only need the volume of one cylinder to complete the formula. So we divide 1998 by 4, 1998 / 4 = 499.5 Cubic Centimeters.s = piston stroke length
Vc = volume of the combustion chamber (including head gasket)
Now to find the Combustion Chamber volume simply divide the total chamber volume by the compression ratio, 499.5 / 9.6 = 52.03125 Cubic Centimeters.
Now remember this is a total chamber volume. That is with any relief in the piston and including the head gasket. We can remove the volume of the head gasket because we know what it is.
The standard US spec head gasket thickness for the Zetec is 0.6858 mm thick with a bore of (about) 84.8 mm. That means using the formula for the volume of a cylinder we can figure the volume and eliminate it.
Pi (3.14159 for all practicality) times the radius (half the diameter of 84.8 or 42.4 mm) squared times the height (which is our 0.6858 mm).
3.14159 X 4.24^2 X 0.06858 = 3.873281546 cubic centimeters
Now we can subtract our head gasket volume from our total volume and are left with the cylinder head volume (roughly), 52.03125 - 3.873281546 = 48.157968454 cubic centimeters.
Now lets run through the SVT version for kicks.
The SVT has a static compression ratio of 10.2:1 and uses a head gasket that is 1.0414 millimeters thick,
1998 / 4 = 499.5
499.5 / 10.2 = 48.970588235
3.14159 X 4.24^2 X 0.10414 = 5.8262884378
48.970588235 - 5.8262884378 = 43.144299798
So now we've found out where the extra compression for the SVT comes from. Now it's time to play with some more numbers and make a chart for gasket swapping and milling the head, but remember these are merely approximations and may not be actual, use caution.
Standard Zetec Raise Compression:
shaving the head (in cm),
standard head gasket (.027" or 0.6858mm)
0.0254 --- 50.596702491 --- 9.872184854
0.0508 --- 49.162154982 --- 10.16025437
0.0762 --- 47.727607473 --- 10.465640883
0.1016 --- 46.293059964 --- 10.789954269
0.1270 --- 44.858512455 --- 11.135010339
SVT Head Raise Compression:
shaving the head (in cm),
standard SVT head gasket (.041" or 1.0414mm),
0.0254 --- 47.536040727 --- 10.507816645
0.0508 --- 46.101493218 --- 10.834790050
0.0762 --- 44.666945709 --- 11.182765960
0.1016 --- 43.232398200 --- 11.553835105
0.1270 --- 41.797850691 --- 11.950375240
with just using the .027" (standard Zetec) head gasket
0.06858 --- 47.017581344 --- 10.62368556
with Zetec head gasket (.027" or 0.6858mm)
0.0254 --- 45.583033835 --- 10.958024466
0.0508 --- 44.148486326 --- 11.314091186
0.0762 --- 42.713938817 --- 11.694074905
0.1016 --- 41.279391308 --- 12.100469124
0.1270 --- 39.844843799 --- 12.536126444
*Please be advised these are only approximations*
I figured the compression ratios by taking the displacement divided by 4 divided by the chamber size. Not sure if that is correct but I'd guess it will get you close.
Also being no one has ever CC'd the head while shaving it everything is just a guess.
Open to criticism and/ or a better chart/method.