Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:53:36 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b8) with ESMTP id 2430434 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:32:23 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36.3.) id q.1c0.b261d9b (15899) for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:32:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aol.com (mow-m14.webmail.aol.com [64.12.180.130]) by air-id09.mx.aol.com (v93.13) with ESMTP id MAILINID92-3e1b3eed2c321aa; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:32:18 -0400 X-Original-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:32:18 -0400 From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net ("Lancair Mailing List") Subject: Re: [LML] CID MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Message-ID: <13421013.46DD5401.0082F2ED@aol.com> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In a message dated 6/15/2003 7:34:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, skyweel@earthlink.net writes: > Last time I checked, cubic inch DISPLACEMENT includes only the swept > volume as George says. Pop up pistons, etc. only change the FIXED > volume above the piston. Displacement happens only when the piston > moves up in the cylinder, displacing cubes as it goes. It > is calculated > simply by multiplying the cylinder bore by the stroke. Doug, Whew! Thanks, now I feel better - I get higher compression and I don't lose any cubes. Actually, I got it - It is just like shifting the same stroke a bit up the cylinder, stuffing the charge into a slightly smaller space. Scott Krueger The confusion is lessening!