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Old 10-06-2009, 04:48 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CoastRider View Post
Very curious as to how you will make this work.
Me too, honestly. It's more of an experiment than anything, I don't have high hopes, but maybe?

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Originally Posted by bbraden View Post
It's almost square right now, but by the time you get longer connecting rods and all the other stuff to increase the compression enough to compression ignite the diesel, you will probably have more stroke than bore.
Since when do longer rods increase stroke?

To increase compression, I can do quite a few things, ranging from taller pistons, to longer rods, increased stroke, and even decking the head/block.

Some diesel engines run as low as 16:1 compression, while others pull out all the stops and slam out 21-30:1 compression.

There are alot more factors involved than static compression ratios, though.
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