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01-25-2008 | 01:29 AM

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From: Rosh-HaAyin, ISRAEL

RE: LONG stroke vs. SHORT stroke (?????)

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ORIGINAL: downunder

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So in the real world long, or short stroke makes no difference as far as usable rev range goes.

Brian,

In a previous thread thread, this fact was discussed more elaborately...

All our engines; long-stroke and short-stroke, as someone else wrote here, are practically 'square', so I did not put more emphasis on this here, but this theoretical rev-limitation imposed by the long-stroke design really is a very minor limitation... The smaller, lighter piston makes it even more so.

The lighter (again - in theory) piston can endure higher acceleration forces, but it will wear faster, with all other things being equal.

Did you calculate the maximum piston acceleration numbers at TDC, or at BDC?

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