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Subject:Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report
From:Vanagon man
Date:Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:02:29 -0400

And
The truth is that
> your formula for calculating power from compression increases is flawed,
> (and is typical armchair engineering) because it doesn't take into effect
> other changes. Cams, for example, can change the static pressure at any
> given point in the RPM range, which will change the effective compression
> ratio. This is only one example, but it sort of points out how blanket
> statements like your formula really have no place in the real world.

And your formula derived from fiddling with CR in these motors and dyno
testing ...................Is?  Or are you another engineering person that
does not pull their own wrenches?

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> Az
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