--- frogeye <frogeye@swcp.com> wrote:
> 11.5 x 17(or whatever atmospheric pressure is at
> your locale) =195.5 It does
> not compute. Check your gauge.
Check the gauge, but again, CR x atmospheric pressure
IS NOT WHAT YOU WILL SEE. Because the air is
compressed in a constant volume, it heats up, tries to
expand (but it can't), so the pressure in the cylinder
increases, and the pressure read is much higher than
CR x ATM. If heat were not lost through the metal in
the engine, it would be way higher still.
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