Horsepower and cc or how many cc in a hp

[kach22i]

Useful link:

http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_cc2hp.htm

[911teo]

That's a cool link... Will use to convert these useless cups, hal cups, table spoons etc in metrical cl. ml. etc!!!

[IROC]

I think the best thing that can be said about that chart is that there is very little correlation between displacement and horsepower.

About the only correlation I have seen that has merit is the correlation between displacement and torque. For a given engine configuration (flat-6 for example) torque is basically a function of displacement. Horsepower is all over the place, though.

Mike

[kach22i]

Well, I learned something new from the link. Not only is a two stroke diesel engine in operation/production, it's quote: The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!

[madmmac]

I'd like to see their tool box and torque wrench.

[madmmac]

Now that's a motor. I'd like to see their tool box and torque wrench.

[kach22i]

Originally posted by madmmac
Now that's a motor. I'd like to see their tool box and torque wrench.

This should dispell the myth that the Japanese only make small things.

[legion]

Originally posted by kach22i
Well, I learned something new from the link. Not only is a two stroke diesel engine in operation/production, it's quote: The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!

Locomotives use 16-20 cylinder two-stroke diesel engines.

Two-stroke gasoline < Four-stroke gasoline < Four-stroke diesel < Two-stroke diesel.

Two stroke diesels have exhaust valves (the intake occurs when the piston drops below an intake port--like a 2-stroke gasoline engine) and they must have a turbocharger to work. Every cylinder fires every revolution of the crankshaft. The turbocharger ensures that air flows into the cylinders.

[kach22i]

Diesel can be four stroke or two stroke, however the two stroke must have a turbocharger or a supercharger.

All I know is on this page.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel-two-stroke1.htm

From this description, you can see the big difference between a diesel two-stroke engine and a gasoline two-stroke engine: In the diesel version, only air fills the cylinder, rather than gas and air mixed together. This means that a diesel two-stroke engine suffers from none of the environmental problems that plague a gasoline two-stroke engine. On the other hand, a diesel two-stroke engine must have a turbocharger or a supercharger, and this means that you will never find a diesel two-stroke on a chain saw -- it would simply be too expensive.

[speeder]

How do 2-stroke engines work in general? Is there no compression stroke?

EDIT: Never mind, I'm reading about them right now on that site linked above.