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Re: Cylinder Head Capacity

To: GuyWeller@aol.com
Subject: Re: Cylinder Head Capacity
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:01:37 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
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I'll be facing this problem soon as well, so keep us informed :)
Could you get around the surface tension problem by using water with a
little dishwashing detergent?

Ulix
P.S. I like your sand idea (at least in theory)


On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 GuyWeller@aol.com wrote:

> Has anyone actually tried to measure the combustion chamber capacity ?
> In David Vizard's book he sets out a way of mewasuring cylinder head capacity
> by fillling with light oil from a burette (pipette or calibrated hyperdermic
> ?)
> I tried this but found it impossible to get a sufficiently accurate figure
> because of  the meniscus problem + the need to have the cylinder head
> absolutetly level.  Should I keep trying
> 
> Has anyone a better method of measuring the cylinder head capacity ?
> 
> I wondered about filling it with fine sand, and then transferring that to a
> measuring beaker of water and measuring the displaced water ?
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
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                                                           '67 Sprite


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