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Re: Knock Knock and Oil to Cam

To: Frank van Dalen <F.vanDalen@LR.TUDelft.NL>
Subject: Re: Knock Knock and Oil to Cam
From: "U. Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 09:06:16 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Frank van Dalen wrote:

> I think you got it wrong John...
> 
> Each piston has combustion once every 4 strokes of 180 degrees, ie once every
> two crankshaft revolutions. If there was a knock from one piston/rod, you 
>would
> hear it 500 times per minute at 1000 RPM, ie 500/60 = 8.33 times per second.
> The camshaft goes round at half the speed of the crankshaft, 4.17 a second,
> which is the frequency of the knock in question. Or have I gone mad?

Mad, no, but read your post again - you contradicted yourself. 
cam = crank / 2, yes, but crank is 1000, not 500!
=> both rod knock and cam knock are 8 times per sec!

Who knows, maybe I'm mad!?
Ulix

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