hi compressions

[Mark Pitts]

Valves kinda 'continually' grind themselves in... you would end up with =
an ill seated valve, that could wobble slightly in its hole, and =
eventually break its stem....=20

Mark


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From:  SRavet at bangate.compaq.com[SMTP:SRavet at bangate.compaq.com]
Sent:  Monday, September 09, 1996 5:08 PM
To:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject:  re: Re: hi compressions

"Woodd, Michael" <wooddm at akcity.govt.nz> Wrote:
|=20
|=20
| Steve says...
|=20
| >This might be a dumb question, but why not non-circular valves?  I =
guess
| >they wouldn't be able to spin.  Is that a problem?  I can see corners =

being=20
|=20
| >bad, but what about a nice oval shape?
|=20
| >- --steve
|=20
| It should be possible to use two valve stems to stop it spinning.  =
What
| about making an oval valve with two stems at the, and machining an
| existing four valve head to have two oval valves?  You could use the
| existing valve guides.  Has this been tried before?  Could be tricky =
to
| make the valves, with two stems and all, but not impossible.

You could spline a single shaft to keep it from spinning also.  But, =
valves=20
rotate now by design, right?  Why, and what would happen to an oddly =
shaped=20
valve that couldn't rotate?

--steve


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