pigsmith@... wrote:
Yesterday I went to look at an anvil and ended up as a spectator to a conversation about engines. I vaguely understand about "porting" and the reasons for putting in shorter connecting rods, but in doing so, the air/fuel mix above the piston doesn't get compressed as much. I thought the ideal was to get the most volume squeezed into the smallest space before igniting it? Or am I confusing myself with some basic jet engine theory from way back? Is the point of increasing the volume of air/fuel mixture the whole point, period (not the squeezing)? Did I just answer my own question(s)?
Well, the point of porting IS to get more air/fuel in the cylinder. Why they would put shorted con rods I have no idea, unless they were having detonation problems (and then that is still a screwy way of getting around the problem).
Did you get the anvil?
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