Firstly Errol what are you doing up this hour of morning
Secondly I concur with what you are saying. i have built a few of these
configurations and to get a better stroke to rod ratio I used L16 rods and
Z22e pistons. Still horrible ratio though, about 1.5:1 from memory!
Brad HALLETT
Ipswich, Qld
----- Original Message -----
From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: Exhaust enineering
> Craig,
> With some machining the L20B crank can be installed in the L18 block. With
> 86 mm bore this gives 1998 cc. Due to the shorter block deck height of the
> L18 (208 mm versus 227mm L20B) rod angularity is horrible. It is a fairly
> common conversion but I think the vector (side thrust) losses into the
wall
> of the bore is way to high to justify this setup, unless a class
limitation
> requires the use of that particular block etc. Currently there is a 1600
> running with a machined plate sandwiched onto the top of an L18 block with
> the piston running up into the spacer plate to alleviate this problem and
> give greater capacity, but it cost a bomb!
> Cheers
> Feral Errol.
>
>
> ----------
> > From: Craig Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Exhaust enineering
> > Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 8:17
> >
> >
> > Is there a possible rod crank (like L20 crank L16 rods) that can push
> this
> > upto 2 litres?
> >
> >
> > >From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: Exhaust enineering
> > >Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:11:50 +1000
> > >
> > >Craig,
> > >The capacity is 1812 cc.
> > >Cheers
> > >Feral Errol
> > >
> > >----------
> > > > From: Craig Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Exhaust enineering
> > > > Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 6:40
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gday
> > > >
> > > > my engineer came round today and everything went sweet until he
> measured
> > >the
> > > > DB reading on the exhaust 102 DB which is something like 30% over.
My
> > > > question is if i have a muffler & a hotdog what should i do ? swap
> the
> > >dog
> > > > for another muffler or get another muffler installed somewhere?
> > > > Im not keen for that last one but i dont want to mess around with
> > >different
> > > > combinations if possible.
> > > >
> > > > On a side note if an L18 is bored to 86mm with a standard crank and
> rod
> > > > setup whats the new displacement?
> > > >
> > > > cheers Craig
> > > >
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