Knock Detection

[Tom Cloud]

>At 10:26 AM 11/6/1997 -0500, you wrote:
>This is why radiusing the edges insides of the heads as it reduces detonation.
>>
>>Detonation is very distructive.  Makes holes in pistons, which in turn
>>become ash trays.
>
>Fred, when you refer to "edges", are you referring to the edges of the
>combustion chamber that meet the head gasket?  Or, possibly any areas of the
>combustion chamber that might not have a smooth radius but maybe a 90 degree
>angle?
>
>I am interested in port and polishing my heads in the future and would like
>to learn as much about this as possible.
>
>Ed Hilker aka "Chief"

David Vizard has a good treatment of porting -- at various levels --
in his book named something like "How to make Horsepower" or such
 ... available for about $9 at part$ hou$e$


Tom Cloud