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Re: [T3] Say that again? And again?


On 18 Jan 99, at 11:22, scott a keck wrote:

> >Oh yes theT3  do too!! most dont anymore as nearly all engines 
> >have had a
> >valve job by now and the heads machined. without this the CR >will be
> > too high (MUCH too high) and they will run hot and detonate.
> 
> 
> Now I are confused...  How would removing metal from the combustion
> chamber (enlarging the chamber), increase the compression ratio? 

Depends on where the metal is removed:

Remove metal where the cylinders seat and the combustion chamber gets 
smaller whi«e߸/R gets higher.

Remove metal from the combustion chamber itself and it gets bigger, 
making the C/R decrease.

Jim
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