Gentlemen,
I am a layman and not an engineer, but I have been reading this thread with
some interest. Now though, I feel compelled to ask a question (albeit
naive it may be). So please educate a few of us.
You all keep talking about rod length dictating compression, torque and
piston speed, but if the crank offset (correct term?) does not change, then
why would piston speed and travel change? All I can see is that longer
connecting rods would reduce cylinder volume, but piston travel and speed
would remain constant.
Is that not correct? If not, why?
Regards
Ray
At 11:31 AM 9/11/97 -0400, RPalmerBob@aol.com wrote:
>Rich,
>
>Thanks for the response. Let's see, currently I think we have one vote for
>more torque with shorter rods and one vote for more torque with longer rods.
> Any more votes out there? Whichever answer is right, if either is, my
>question is "Where does the power go in the case with less torque?"
> Friction? If both cases have the same displacement, volumetric efficiency,
>etc., etc., burn the same amount of air/fuel mixture, etc., etc, then what
>happened to the difference in power output? Kinda want to hold on to that
>old consevation of energy concept for awhile.
>
>Something to ponder for awhile.
>
>Bob
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