Guy,
Why not just measure the volume of sand? The reason I say that is that the
sand will not displace an equal volume of water. If the sand is fine enough
then it will act like a fluid...
Just my .02
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GuyWeller@aol.com [SMTP:GuyWeller@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 3:52 PM
> To: Spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Cylinder Head Capacity
>
> 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 ?
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