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Re: Taxable Horsepower

From: panic
Email: [email protected]
Remote Name: 24.184.64.153
Date: January 19, 2004
Time: 19:18:38

Comments

The original concept was viewed as quite scientific at the time. Stroke increase adds displacement, and lowers maximum RPM by the same amount, therefore the max power is equal. They were wrong, but it was easier to calculate than try to make sense of various bore/stroke combinations.

 

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