Offset cylinder chamber for combustion
Offset cylinder chamber for combustion I was thinking again (very dangerous) what would happen if the alignment of the cylinder were offset to the combustion side of the stroke. that is the alignment is set to have a longer effective moment arm on the combustion and intake side of the stroke. the cylinder could be offset laterally or aligned off centerline. Besides the practical side of not having any parts like the cam and Block, why not?
Example: lets say we laterally set the cylinder over .25 inches on a 4 in. stroke. the effective stroke is increase by the cosine of the angle which not significant at .25 inches but the moment arm is now .25 inches longer plus the cosine of the angle which is longer or about 9%, 35 ft-lbs of torque in an normal LS6 motor? This sounds like free power from a simple change in geometry. in others words same displacement more power.
there must be a reason why not otherwise it would've been done long ago.
Example: lets say we laterally set the cylinder over .25 inches on a 4 in. stroke. the effective stroke is increase by the cosine of the angle which not significant at .25 inches but the moment arm is now .25 inches longer plus the cosine of the angle which is longer or about 9%, 35 ft-lbs of torque in an normal LS6 motor? This sounds like free power from a simple change in geometry. in others words same displacement more power.
there must be a reason why not otherwise it would've been done long ago.
Last edited by billc5; May 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM.
This topic was discussed in this forum back in March https://ls1tech.com/forums/advanced-engineering-tech/882035-offset-bores.html. You might want to take a look at that thread.
Regards,
Steve
Regards,
Steve
