[Roadsters] long rod (r16) stroker

[Stephen Wan]

I think its from the longer distance the piston can travel during the 
combustion phase.
The longer downstroke increases the amount of time that the expanding gas 
has to turn the crank before reaching BDC per combustion cycle.

Steve
70' 1600 that still needs a tranny swap.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eddie" <eddietude at socal.rr.com>
To: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow at comcast.net>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] long rod (r16) stroker


>I thought the longer rod also pushed the piston farther "up" the
> cylinder wall, thus compressing the gas MORE... and that's where the
> power gain came from...
>
> Isn't that also the case?
>
> Eddie