Can we put this thread to bed, please? (Was: 16v head on a 1.7L engine)

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

LOL - we all know it's dumb idea, plain and simple!  :)

How about Scott gives us an update on his Badger 5 install progress?
Something. Anything other than the de-evolution of the  Water-cooled kingdom
as we know it!

Happy Friday, bruthuhs n' sistuhs,

JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
To: <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>; <jester@westfailure.net>; "Jerry
Carter" <jerry.carter@shaw.ca>; "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: RE: 16v head on a 1.7L engine


> Right on, Dan. Thanks for the real numbers. :^)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@ix.netcom.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:08 AM
> > To: Scott F. Williams
> > Cc: Allyn; jester@westfailure.net; Jerry Carter; Scirocco List
> > Subject: Re: 16v head on a 1.7L engine
> >
> >
> > OK! I couldn't help it. I did the math. I made some assumptions:
> > 1. 16V combustion chamber is all in the head, which is substantially
> > true.
> > 2. 8V combustion chamber is 36CC (volume of the chamber in the head
> > only), which is a number I remember from somewhere.
> > I come up with 7.3:1 CR for a 16V head on a 1.7 L 8V block. Plus, I bet
> > you'd have to clearance the pistons for the intake valves and maybe even
> > clearance the block a little bit for the intakes since the bore is only
> > 79.5mm instead of 81mm.
> > blah, blah, blah.....
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > "Scott F. Williams" wrote:
> > >
> > > Mr. Reiger wrote:
> > > >     Yea, but enough to drop THAT low???
> > > > Al
> > >
> > > Sure, the 8v head/16v bottom end combo yields about a 14:1 CR.
> > This is 4:1
> > > higher than a 1.8l 16v, for instance. Plopping the 16v head on
> > a 1.7l motor
> > > will have the reverse effect. You do the math. :^)
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