will it run hotter
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will it run hotter
I have had both a74 inch and a 80 inch shovel,i always thought the 80 ran hotter than the 74 so i was wondering would an 84 inch (i believe this would be referred to a stroker) run hotter than the 80?
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From: la la land jerzey
Its compression that is the fixture in this the 74 is 8 1/2 to 1 and the 80 inch should be 8 to 1 but its a stroker and a big bore < what
74 inch piston is 3 7/16 and a 3 31/32 stroke
80 inch is 3 1/2 bore and a 4 1/4 inch stroke < this
the 84 inch is 4 1/2 stroke same rods some length cylinder jug - and they make pistons for both engines - it throws the cubes back and forth just a bit
what they do is re locate the wrist pin hole and shorten the bottom piston length - most pistons made today are 8 to 1 for this combo
74 inch piston is 3 7/16 and a 3 31/32 stroke
80 inch is 3 1/2 bore and a 4 1/4 inch stroke < this
the 84 inch is 4 1/2 stroke same rods some length cylinder jug - and they make pistons for both engines - it throws the cubes back and forth just a bit
what they do is re locate the wrist pin hole and shorten the bottom piston length - most pistons made today are 8 to 1 for this combo
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Thanks johnjzjz,this is all about a potential bike i was maybe going to buy,i have just found out it's been sold,so i don't know how it was done ie. with a big bore or a stoked motor,i don't want to phone him and bother him about it of course,but are you saying compression ratio determines how hot they run?
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more fuel - more combustion - same jugs - same heads - same everything else - hotter - at least - that's what Dr. Quint - my creepy HS physics teacher told me when I asked him back when I was building a stroker in the HS shop class - he drove a 65 Mustang fastback - and kids stole parts off his car on a weekly basis cause he was a douche bag and a dick to us. It was gold colored - had the cheezy hub caps that came on the early cars - he would park it by the classroom window to watch it cause everyone would throw **** on it.
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Thanks for your input.Will a hot rod bike,so to speak,be a problem in terms of running to hot to use?
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From: la la land jerzey
Having a machine and then using some one who knows what he is doing is the entire thing behind its it going to be OK
hot rods are sold when they are troublesome -
we have sold a bunch but we stand behind them to a shop customer we know is not a special kind of stupid
hot rods are sold when they are troublesome -
we have sold a bunch but we stand behind them to a shop customer we know is not a special kind of stupid
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