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    im trying to work out how much to skim off a head to get a desired compression ratio. now ive worked out its 2cc's i need to loose. assuming the combustion chamber is circle ive worked it out as 0.05mm but that sounds not enough. my workings

    77.8mm bore

    77.8 / 2 = 38.9
    38.9 * 38.9 = 1513.21
    1513.21 * 3.141 = 4752.9926 / 10 = 47.52cc.

    47.52 / 20 = 2.376cc ..... close enough

    of course this is assuming the are of a circle calculation assume the circle is 1cm/100mm deep does it not?

    it'll probably all make sence after sleep

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    Go to sleep.

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    2cc's is naff all per pot, but even so.

    http://www.calculatorfreeonline.com/...s/cylinder.php

    That 'confirms' the half mm removal Although you have to bear in mind the chamber isnt a cylinder

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    Quote Originally Posted by burgo
    im trying to work out how much to skim off a head to get a desired compression ratio. now ive worked out its 2cc's i need to loose. assuming the combustion chamber is circle ive worked it out as 0.05mm but that sounds not enough. my workings

    77.8mm bore

    77.8 / 2 = 38.9
    38.9 * 38.9 = 1513.21
    1513.21 * 3.141 = 4752.9926 / 10 = 47.52cc.

    47.52 / 20 = 2.376cc ..... close enough

    of course this is assuming the are of a circle calculation assume the circle is 1cm/100mm deep does it not?

    it'll probably all make sence after sleep
    I lose you at the /20 point, but...

    47.52 cm^2 is your area of chamber (not sure why you have cc at this point?) 47.52* x = 2, so

    x=2/47.52=0.0421cm or 0.421mm

    Area of a circle calculation doesn't assume anything by the way, if it assumed a depth it'd be a volume not an area? If the depth of the circle was 1 in whatever units you were using then the volume (in m^3) would be the same numerical value as the area (in m^2) but this is just coincidence. There's 10mm to a cm also, not 100. 100 mm^2 to a cm^2 though.

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    i dunno how but it made sence in my head on the way to work and i came up with half a mm which you have both confirmed, but also as said the chamber isnt a cylinder so i'll just add a bit more lmfao, i recon 0.7mm should do

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    yea thats it if in doubt, guess

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    it'll be close enough

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    There is a way to calculate the area of a chord of a circle if you wanted to be more accurate

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    just whip 0.75mm off and if its too much then grind some of the chamber out

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart
    just whip 0.75mm off and if its too much then grind some of the chamber out
    Been there and done that before so sounds good to me. call it a nice round mm off then

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