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Old 01-24-2009, 11:20 PM   #1
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me and my dad have been tryin to figure out how to see what the comp. ratio is for a motor
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What motor ?
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one he's going to build he's just trying to figure how you do the configuration with comp. and combustion
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Old 01-25-2009, 12:41 AM   #4
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Bore size
Stroke
Piston CC
Ring Land CC
Gasket Thickness
Bore Size of Gasket
Deck Height
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Old 01-25-2009, 12:43 AM   #5
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Bore size
Stroke
Piston CC
Ring Land CC
Gasket Thickness
Bore Size of Gasket
Deck Height
do you multiply all that and then divide or what?
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You could just google compression ratio calculator and see what turns up.
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Old 01-25-2009, 03:41 AM   #7
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shoot me a pm with your email...

I have an excel spreadsheet that will work the numbers for you.
However, you will need to MEASURE several of the dimensions in order to make the calculation accurate....



BTW,
The formulas are out there if you take the time to Google them..............
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