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- From: hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: DIY compression meter
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 10:08:38 GMT
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- george@mech.seas.upenn.edu writes:
- :
- : :Say,
- : :for instance, you have a 2 litre, 4 cyl. engine, with a 10:1 compression
- : :ratio. Each cyl. has 500cc displacement at BDC, and 50cc volume at
- : :TDC. if you add, say, 10cc worth of tubing capacity, you have an error
- : :of 20%. (No flames if I got the math wrong, it's 05:16 and I haven't slept
- : :in 30 hours).
- :
- : well, if the tdc volume is 50cc and the cylinder displacement is 500cc
- : then the bdc volume is 550cc so the compression is 550:50, or 11:1
- : [56cc's at the top gives you 10:1]
- :
- : if you add 10cc the the apparent compression is 560:60 or 9.3:1,
- : however if that 10cc is in the form of the long tube and your measurement
- : is made by quickly cranking the engine there will be a dynamic effect
- : and your measuremant will be even lower..
- :
- Yikes! I just re-read what I wrote yesterday, and now that I have gotton SOME
- sleep, I can't believe I wrote that. Good point, George. Like I said, I
- was tired.
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- A good hint for checking compression is to crank the engine over several times,
- with the other plugs out, and the pressure will pretty much optimize this way.
- You still will have the tubing volume to deal with, but perhaps the better
- compression gages have this calibrated out? Or could they, since the
- volume at TDC is different for all engines? Hmmmmm...I bet this IS why they
- tell you to look at deviation rather than absolute numbers.
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - you get what you pay for; you pay for what you get.
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