Larry, I mis-spoke (Notching the piston for power)

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

I am jumping in late, but the argument here seems to lend itself more towards roughening the
surface of the intake tract than the combustion chamber itself.  Strategically placed dimples can
and have affected the airflow and fuel atomization in the intake tract. 
http://www.theoldone.com/components/cylinderheads/ about halfway down.

Ron

--- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
> >   What I am suggesting is putting dimples in the piston face, not the
> perimeter... These dimples, or pockets of air, create a
> cushion of air that acts as a buffer.  As the air travels over the surface
> of something, the air is slowed by the difference in speed of the two.  The
> pockets acts a buffers in this regard, allowing the air to travel more
> quickly across the surface.
> >
> > I tried to find something via Google, about jetliners with hail damage
> actually flying faster, but could turn up nothing...  You have seen the
> commercial for Lexus, haven't you?  I might find more if I looked at golf
> ball history, I don't know...  What I do know is that this works...  :-)


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