Hey Guys,
How about this.
Bolt up piece of sheet of Plexiglas to the head that has some sort of fill
hole or a zert cut in it to fill with oil.
Patton
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: GuyWeller@aol.com <GuyWeller@aol.com>
Cc: Spridgets@autox.team.net <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Cylinder Head Capacity
>I'll be facing this problem soon as well, so keep us informed :)
>Could you get around the surface tension problem by using water with a
>little dishwashing detergent?
>
>Ulix
>P.S. I like your sand idea (at least in theory)
>
>
>On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 GuyWeller@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Has anyone actually tried to measure the combustion chamber capacity ?
>> In David Vizard's book he sets out a way of mewasuring cylinder head
capacity
>> by fillling with light oil from a burette (pipette or calibrated
hyperdermic
>> ?)
>> I tried this but found it impossible to get a sufficiently accurate
figure
>> because of the meniscus problem + the need to have the cylinder head
>> absolutetly level. Should I keep trying
>>
>> Has anyone a better method of measuring the cylinder head capacity ?
>>
>> I wondered about filling it with fine sand, and then transferring that to
a
>> measuring beaker of water and measuring the displaced water ?
>>
>
> Ulix __/__,__
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> '67 Sprite
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