In a message dated 10/13/04 5:40:36 PM, inua@CHARTER.NET writes:

<< Given a  vanagon with a 2.1L WBX engine,  what is the top linear speed

acheived by the piston when the engine is turning at 4000 rpm. >>

It's the same as the instantaneous tangential velocity of the crank throw 90
degress before or after top dead center.  V pmax = pi X stroke X 4000.  Just
plug in the stroke, whatever it is.

George