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Re: Running with less than a full set of Cylinders

To: Malcolm Pittwood <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Running with less than a full set of Cylinders
From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 06:27:54 -0500
Sure no one whould put the plug wire on and then pull it back off for impound..
Dave

Malcolm Pittwood wrote:
> 
> Interesting thread on the ways in which to reduce running cubic capacity
> used in a vehicle.
> 
> But, do you get around the rules by just preventing a cylinder from firing?
> The SCTA definition of the displacement of a reciprocating engine says
> nothing about the fuel/air charge in the cylinder(s) firing or not.  If you
> have a measurable stroke in an unlit bore will you fail at impound?
> No other organisation seems to cover this point either.......
> Over to the rule writers....
> 
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England

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