I've seen pictures of this done in car magazines where they bolt a piece of
Plexiglas to the head and fill it through the spark plug hole. As I
understand it, the point is to ensure that all of the cylinders are exactly
the same size, right?
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
Clemmons, NC
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> From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> To: GuyWeller@aol.com
> Cc: Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Cylinder Head Capacity
> Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 5:01 PM
>
> I'll be facing this problem soon as well, so keep us informed :)
> Could you get around the surface tension problem by using water with a
> little dishwashing detergent?
>
> Ulix
> P.S. I like your sand idea (at least in theory)
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 GuyWeller@aol.com wrote:
>
> > 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 ?
> >
>
> Ulix __/__,__
> .......................................................... (_o____o_)....
> '67 Sprite
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