The easiest method is to fill it with plastercine, then remove the
plastercine and drop it in a measuring glass partially filled with water.
The difference in measurement is the volume of the combustion chamber.
It is accurate enough for your compression ratio and volume balancing
measurements.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: GuyWeller@aol.com <GuyWeller@aol.com>
To: Spridgets@autox.team.net <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 7:00 AM
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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