Horse Power and its Effectiveness

[Mike Rolica]

It is indeed 16.5:1.....tore a few apart... never much left to rebuild.
That is why they were a pig to start when it was cold.  All data cd for
girlfriend's 85 cutlas shows diesel being 16.5:1.
Mike Rolica
Meridian Magnesium Products
Strathroy, Ont 
Ext. 260


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	David Cooley [SMTP:n5xmt at bellsouth.net]
	Sent:	Wednesday, December 15, 1999 11:28 AM
	To:	gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
	Subject:	Re: Horse Power and its Effectiveness

	At 09:34 AM 12/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:
	>David Cooley wrote:
	> >
	> > At 10:43 PM 12/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:
	> > >how many cubes does that 400 hp @ 1200 rpm (that would be 1750
ft-lb) 
	> and a
	> > >really large engine that would be severely detonation limited
if it were
	> > >spark ignited.  Converted gas engines have plenty of
compression.
	> >
	> > Converted gas engines, due to the structural limitations of
blocks etc, run
	> > at much lower compression than a true "virgin diesel" would...
The Olds
	> > 350 diesel runs 16.5:1 I believe, while a true normally
aspirated "virgin"



	>1985 Olds diesel is 22.46:1

	That's interesting... Motors Manual lists it as 16.5:1...
	Anyone got one they can do a swept volume calc on to calculate it?
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