Piston power grooves - patent
Piston power grooves - patent
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The patent shown at: http://tinyurl.com/5nk8x describes a modification to be made to the squish area on top of the piston, by placing grooves on it. I understand this technology is used in racing, as well.
Some friends on a Harley-Davidson bulletin board posted a question as to whether this would be a good idea to improve the power of their engine. It looks promising, but I don't know enough about I.C. engines to comment.
Anybody here ever seen or used this technique? Thanks,
. . . Steve
Some friends on a Harley-Davidson bulletin board posted a question as to whether this would be a good idea to improve the power of their engine. It looks promising, but I don't know enough about I.C. engines to comment.
Anybody here ever seen or used this technique? Thanks,
. . . Steve





RE: Piston power grooves - patent
There's a long article in Popular Mechanics about this guy Singh:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/futurecar/article/0,20642,679464,00.html
I took a look at his patent. There is nothing new in what he proposes. In fact, there is a company that has something similar already available:
http://www.sonexresearch.com/
Regards,
Terry