Patton,
you'll also need a second hole for the air to escape that you displace.
Plus you have to somehow avoid air bubbles under the plexiglas (maybe you
could just shake it around).
Ulix
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Patton Dickson wrote:
> 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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