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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
If you agree that the available cylinder volume must be just slightly overfilled with liquid to bend the rod, the theory is largely disproved because of the statistically remote possibility for this to occur with no other symptoms.
However, if you believe the rod will bend at 60:1 or 80:1 compression, that's a completely different scenario. I'd need to study it a bit more.
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Yes, that is my question. At what point does a rod bend? Does it take a 101% full combustion chamber or would 99% do it?
Tom W
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