| To: | Greg Meboe <MEBOE@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: This compression ratio thing |
| From: | William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu> |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Jul 1994 15:57:38 -0400 |
++> The compression ratio was increased in my model (Triumph 2000cc 6-cyl) by
++> .10, after a boring out of .030 inches. The cylinder head volume was left
++> constant.
++> Interestingly enough, if I bored out the cylinder head combustion chamber
++> along with the cylinder itself, the compression ratio remained the same.
Thats the key. When you bore the block, the combustion chamber volume
doesn't change.
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William Woodruff woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu
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