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Re: Combustion Chamber Size



I hastily wrote:

> "Henrik Johansen" <hjohansen@domain.elided> wrote:
>
> > > Does anyone know what the displacement in cubic
> > > centimeters of the 2 litre's combustion chamber?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Lawrence
> > > '71 GTV
> >
> > Lawrence,
> >
> > How about 1962 / 4 = 490.5cc
> >
> > Henrik Johansen
> > Portland, Orygun
>
> Make that (1962 / 9) / 4 = 54.5cc.
>
> Combustion chamber volume =
>   (total swept volume / compression ratio) / no. cylinders

Scratch that... at BDC the total volume of the cylinder is
obviously the sum of the swept volume AND combustion chamber
volume!  I must be losing it...

   Vswept + Vchamber
   ----------------- = compression ratio
       Vchamber

so

    490.5 + Vchamber     9
   ----------------- =  ---
        Vchamber         1

Vchamber = 61.3125cc.

-Tom
thomasw@domain.elided

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