Posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.153.28] on Monday, June 09, 2014 at 20:34:15 :
In Reply to: Re: Interesting project posted by Kaegi [98.247.164.246] on Monday, June 09, 2014 at 19:05:24 :
I still think that what matters to a carburetor is engine HP rather than displacement, since the rate of fuel burned is more proportional to the HP than to the displacement. A high-revving, small-displacement motor is going to need about as much fuel per hour as a slow-revving large-displacement motor.
Relative displacements might be a meaningful starting point for carb settings if you're comparing similar types of engines, but not if you're comparing, say, a 6-cylinder flathead, to a big-block V8, to a Japanese 4-cylinder.
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