Bored, so I nerded out on rad/stroke ratio

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Ok guys, let me get this straight.
The rod is the connecting rod from the piston to the crank right?

1)If you increase the rod lenght with out modding the crank, the piston will 
rise higher with in the cyl increasing compression.
2) By increasing the throw on the crank and the rod lenght, the angular 
momentum of the crank slows due to the fact the pivot point is farther from 
the center. This would lower the peak RPM correct? (Having a greater 
circumfrence than the smaller crank)
3) if #2 is correct would that allow greater torque from the engine?


Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
>To: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>,"Allyn" 
><amalventano@sc.rr.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Bored, so I nerded out on rad/stroke ratio
>Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:06:21 -0800
>
>Ron,
>   Look at it this way; my new Ford GT and your Scirocco start and stop at 
>the same place at the drag strip.  Are the  speeds the same?
>Acceleration is the key to piston speed and quarter-mile speeds as 
>well.(not talking Mean speed, talking ultimate speed)
>
>I'll be going now..............
>:)
>
>Larry
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ron Pieper
>   To: Allyn ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:35 PM
>   Subject: Re: Bored, so I nerded out on rad/stroke ratio
>
>
>   Umm...common sense tells me that *mean* speed will be the same for any 
>given stroke...right?  I
>   mean, the piston starts and stops at the same place for one revolution 
>regardless of rod length,
>   therefore mean speed is the same.
>
>   Al, you're not all there right now.  Losing sleep???
>
>   Ron
>
>   --- Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
>   > ok, i get how the piston accel is lower with longer throws, but i 
>always
>   > thought the main limit for the bottom end was the mean piston speed. 
>issue
>   > being getting enough oil to keep the rings cool and the skirt lubed.
>   > Al
>
>
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