-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
To: 'mgs@autox.team.net' <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 12:41 PM
Subject: RE: Driving Questions
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>Take an engine block, and cut a section out of it that runs from the inside
>of one of the cylinders to the outside wall of the block. For simplicity's
>sake, pick a spot where there isn't part of the water jacket or an oilway.
> Measure it from what was the inner face of the cylinder to the outer face
>of the block, freeze it, measure it again and notice that it's a smaller
>distance when frozen. The wall of the block between the inside of the
>cylinder and the outside of the block got THINNER. So, the inside
>dimension of the cylinder INcreases, while the outside dimension of the
>block DEcreases.
Chris, you forget to take into account that the ENTIRE cylinder block will
expand and contract. No matter what, a cold hole is a small hole and a hot
hole is a big hole.
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Leigh Egbert
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61 Fiat 500 Jolly
85 F250 4x4
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