Did it once! Used daughters modelling clay and a beaker from the school! ( a
light wipe with oils in the chamber will keep the clay from sticking)
Bruce Lowry
Mike Gigante wrote:
> The easiest method is to fill it with plastercine, then remove the
> plastercine and drop it in a measuring glass partially filled with water.
> The difference in measurement is the volume of the combustion chamber.
>
> It is accurate enough for your compression ratio and volume balancing
> measurements.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GuyWeller@aol.com <GuyWeller@aol.com>
> To: Spridgets@autox.team.net <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 7:00 AM
> Subject: Cylinder Head Capacity
>
> >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 ?
> >
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