Horse Power and its Effectiveness

[Shannen Durphey]

Wouldn't be the first time GM screwed up their own info.  Then again,
at one time Alldata had listed the cam part no and lobe lift for a 91
TBI pickup as the same as the L98 engine. That might have caused some
expensive mistakes.
Shannen

Mike Rolica wrote:
> 
> 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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