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by wesley on February 3rd, 2008

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Does a engine piston have to be perfectly circle

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  • by Beacon on July 22nd, 2008

    Beacon

    Although it doesnt have to be a perfect circle, it does however require that the rings have a proper seat so that compression is retained and there is no blowback into the crankcase. You can only achive this if you use an eliptical shape, if you use any shape such as a square, triangle, ect there will be angles that are too acute and the rings will not seal properly. NOTE, this only applys to the piston of a recipricating I/C Engine and not to a rotory (Wankel) engine where the shape is very triangular.

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  • by allikatzpop on February 3rd, 2008

    allikatzpop

    as long as the piston and the cylinder,and rings were mated correctly.if the piston,and rings were machined to match the cylinder.they could be square,oblong or whatever shape,the designer wished.

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  • by dontcallmewave on February 3rd, 2008

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    no

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  • by Jeztyr - whispering in the ears of kings on February 3rd, 2008

    Jeztyr - whispering in the ears of kings

    I've heard of a couple of motor designs where the cross section is an ellipse.

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  • by car audio crazy on February 3rd, 2008

    car audio crazy

    if its not you engine will not have the proper compression that it should and you will lose horse power and the parts off of the pistion that are still in the clynder are going to put gouges in the cylender wall and ruin you motor. i would not be driving the car or starting it up untill that problem is fixed or else you are going to need a new motor

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  • by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on February 3rd, 2008

    Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today

    It would need to be cylindrical.
    I don't see what impact it will make if it's
    not a perfect circle. It's just a piston.

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