the heat is a byproduct of a lot of things, displacement is one of them. However, to a point, going down the highway at 60mph doesn't matter if you have a 1600 or a 3000cc engine, it still takes the same power to push the vehicle. Efficiency matters. Compression MATCHING THE CAM matters (it's not just the CR that makes the engine octane dependent). In a boxer, the first thing to change is a slightly hotter cam. Next is GOOD ported heads (big valve heads with stock ports is a waste of $), porting will be about $700/pr, + parts. Next you can do the crank, or add a turbo (waterboxer turbo kit coming soon). Most of the waterboxers reputation is due to old gaskets and using regular coolant instead of the non-corrosive stuff. John Aircooled.Net Inc > John > would you think that more stroke would produce more volume of heat at the > same pressure?(are you drawing more air/fuel) assuming you had the same > valves and duration? > > Jeff E. Lilburn, Ga. > 87'WESTY Weekender (BOXOBLOX) > 87'GL > |
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