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01-26-2022, 01:38 AM | #1 |
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Compression Ratio
I ran across a head in my shed from long ago.
It has the typical high compression configuration with no identifiable marks on it. I had written 182 cc on it. Can anyone out there translate that to compression ratio? Thanks, Richard Anaheim CA |
01-26-2022, 06:02 AM | #2 |
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Guten Tag Richard.
if you divide the displacement of the cylinder by the volume of the combustion chamber, the result is the compression ratio.
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01-26-2022, 06:17 AM | #3 |
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Re: Compression Ratio
Ignoring the volume of the piston above the block deck, that is 4.5:1. So it is actually higher than stock, depending on the pistons.
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But for the sake of discussion, let's take a stock 201 cubic inch displacement, ...and a 0.125" overbore for comparison using your formula. With a stock bore and a 182cc combustion chamber in the head, your formula would net a compression ratio of around 3.62 to 1, ...and a dismal 3.42 to 1 on the 4.000" bore engine. That is even less than what the Model-T had!! |
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Werner is partially correct. The formula is swept volume + chamber volume + gasket volume / chamber volume + gasket volume. Piston protrusion above/below deck, piston dome/reliefs, piston land area (dia and ring placement) and valves volume will effect the true CR. OP's 182cc inquiry is ~5.2:1 not withstanding the above true criteria which is unknown. There are devices available to make an actual CR measurement on an assembled engine. Best, J
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Jim Brierley has written a fun book about hopping up Model A engines that includes a graph for compression ratio that accounts for overbore and chamber size. This book has a lot of good information for stock builds all the way to racing builds. I think it is called "4 Bangers and Me" or something like that. He posts on here regularly.
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Again, dividing displacement of the cylinder by the combustion chamber volume does not give an accurate number for calculating the compression ratio. The things I mention above affect the number outcome.
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I think Richard in Anaheim CA may have been looking for a ball park figure?
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Thanks everyone.
The combustion shape has the v shape instead of the U shape stock head. The estimates in the 3 and 4 range seem unlikely. The 5.2 estimate was about what I had guessed BUT, I need to start over with checking the cc. |
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Thanks GeneBob!
The chart in my book shows 182cc's would equal between 5.5 and 6:1, depending on the bore. |
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Hey Jim, tell us how to order your book...
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Richard, put a 5.5 or 6,2 head on ,that will make it pull good,I remember how good your sedan went when we toured LA in it, specially when we went to John Waynes driveway and on the 405
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Very thick 1500 oil is tipped at the top dead center of the piston through the spark plug bore to its lower edge. This gives the volume of the combustion chamber. At bottom dead center, the additional oil volume gives the cylinder volume.
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I will second what Werner said. Nothing like data to answer a theoretical question. If you do the test make sure the piston is about to descend on the power stroke.
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I would like to note that the valves of a four stroke engine are not closed at Bottom Dead Center. Because on the A engine are mounted standing valves, the cylinder volume can only be measured by a separate volume measurement up to the visible edge of the cylinder.
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Guten Morgen John.
Do you mean brake cleaner? That's very thin and seeps past the piston rings, I think. But, please tell me, what is "a whistler" in this case?
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I guess one could do the test with the cam gear off so that the exhaust valve did not open at the bottom of the stroke.
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Werner,
This is the Katech Whistler, it is used in competitive motorsports with CR specifications. take a look at this video. https://youtu.be/Q4txVm9bbfA John
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