alternative engines, now Hemi

Shannen Durphey shannen at grolen.com
Tue May 25 01:57:57 GMT 1999


David A. Cooley wrote:
> 
> At 02:55 PM 5/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >OK David,
> >
> >Ya just made me think of a question havin to do with the 'diesel'
> >principle that you just stated....
> >
> >Most diesels' static compression ratio's are pretty much over 20:1
> >right?
> >
> 
> For the most part... some turbo diesels are 18:1 or so, but normally
> aspirated diesels are 22:1 to 25:1 CR
> 
Pretty sure I've seen low compression ag diesels.  Thought the "ether
startable" big diesels were pretty low compression also.  Not so sure,
now.
Shannen

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