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To be honest half of the "oh bollox" aviation issues are due to water, pee, sweat or some other condensate fluid. I expect the air... -
Lou Scannon replied to the thread Designing a cam.That's the point. A cam profile can be scaled, within reason, to a different base circle diameter and lift, without violating the basic...
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Its an interesting exercise and its great if that is the reason you are doing this. OTOH if you are designing this yourself because you...
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Lou Scannon replied to the thread Designing a cam.Any chance of putting valve or cam lift in a plot like the top right? I think that's the format we engine types are most used to and...
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Lou Scannon replied to the thread Designing a cam.Maybe to help us visualize, you could post your valve lift curves, dimensioned and indexed to TDC, but to scale is optional.
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Lou Scannon replied to the thread balance question.That was the text I had in uni 40 years ago. I guess physics hasn't changed much in the meantime.
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Lou Scannon replied to the thread balance question.The V16s I'm familiar with have firing orders like two inline 8s offset by 45 degrees. Inline 8s are setup with a 4 cylinder...
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While you can design a crankshaft without counterweights it means you'll rapidly run into torsional and bending resonance problems. This...
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Lou Scannon replied to the thread Designing a cam.Along with the mechanics for 5000 rpm, you should be looking at the fluid dynamics... Do you have a calibrated engine model telling you...
