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Re: British Pie!

To: "Toby Atwater" <Toby@intri-plex.com>, "Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail)" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: British Pie!
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:18:54 -0500
You are also assuming that the head is exactly flat across the top of the 
cylinder. 

It ain't.

Larry

>>>>On 11/10/00 8:39 PM so and so (Toby Atwater) said. (And I quote:)

>Hey, Im tripping over here.
>
>>From Haynes & Workshop manual:
>"
>Bore 70.61mm
>Stroke 81.28mm
>Capacity: 1274.8 cc
>"
>everytime I calculate it I get 1273.1 ccs.
>
>Are the british using some kind of different Pi? (3.14159265358979)
>
>(Bore/2)squared X PI X stroke X 4 = displacement right?
>
>
>(70.61/2)=35.305
>35.305 squared = 1246.443025
>1246.443025 X PI = 3915.81625
>3915.81625 X 82.28 = 318277.5448372
>318277.5448372 X 4 = 1273110.17934
>1273110.17934 /1000 (convert to cc) = 1273.1101793 !!!
>
>Dude... what am I doing wrong? am I incorrect in asuming that all 4 cly are
>the same? or what?
>
>Thanks
>
>Toby
>
>trying to calculate his CR.


Larry Macy
78 Midget

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