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Smart quod bastardus
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Posts: 2,239
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Hondas oval piston was mainly designed to take advantage of the increase in available valve area with the oval shape of the cylinder head. the biggest problem was getting the rings to seal properly and survive with the oval shape to them. Gotta give them credit for such an innovative approach.
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1979 930 Turbo....3.4L, 7.5to1 comp, SC cams, full bay intercooler, Rarlyl8 headers, Garret GTX turbo, 36mm ported intakes, Innovate Auxbox/LM-1, custom Manually Adjustable wastegate housing (0.8-1.1bar),--running 0.95 bar max
---"When you're racing it's life! Anything else either before or after, is just waiting"
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