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Re: This compression ratio thing

To: Greg Meboe <MEBOE@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
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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