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Re: bmw-digest V9 #259

In a message dated 98-10-05 13:29:12 EDT, you write:

<< Now for stupid question number 2.  If the pistons are moving farther,
 how do they keep the pistons from crashing into the cylinder head on the
 compression and exhaust stroke?  I've always wondered that, but never
 asked.
 
 - --David Boyd
 boydd@domain.elided
 '84 325e 200k >>

They make the connecting rods shorter - that's the problem with stroking an
engine, it sends your rod angles off the charts and say hello to wear and
goodbye to high rpm running.  IMHO

Christopher

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