"if valve float wasn’t an issue would it be possible to gain more usable power from a typical automotive engine and would this be something engine designers/builders would be interested in?"
I'd go as far as saying that since burell is asking about a "typical" engine, that valve float simply...
Thanks very much for the responses guys. Very reasonable ideas based on my previous post but having been looking at this thing for a while, I don't think that's what's happening.
To give you a little more info, have a look at these pics of the mechanism...
I'm trying to get a mechanical advance distributor back to manufacturer's spec. There are 2 possible specs from the manufacturer - quite similar overall - the rest of the engine spec is identical (apart from carb jetting) but one curve reaches maximum advance at 6000 rpm, the other at 6800 rpm -...
Aluminium yielding by plastic deformation........ Well clearly increasing the inteference fit isn't going to help here....... and all the other effects such as vibration (harmonic or otherwise) and hammering from the starter will only speed up the process. If this is principally what's...
If considering the 6 o'clock caliper position, there is an additional disatvantage further to the ones Pete listed on the DS....... If your brakes are outboard, you can get pad knockback. I know that at least one F1 team have used this position because of the low COG advantage but abandoned it...
Thanks for the replies Rod and kradicke. You both report problems with ring gear which is installed by the normal method - and that these problems disappear when the ring gear is pinned. I belive you - But I just don't get it! What's going on to make the ring gear loosen? I can't design...
In constructing an aluminium flywheel with a steel ring gear, what should be taken into account to determine the inteference fit between the 2 components? I notice that many aluminium flywheels use bolts or pins to ensure the ring gear remains a good fit - is this really necessary (and wouldn't...
