Bored, so I nerded out on rad/stroke ratio

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

How come *I* don't get the Ford GT?  

Anyhow, as long as they start and stop at the same times and the same places, mean speed is the
same.  Exac-O-laclty.

`8)

Ron

--- L F <rocco16v@netzero.net> wrote:
> 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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