Let's Settle This. Bore vs Stroke - It's Not That Simple

[@d4a]

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[@TheDustyShredder]

​​@@RichardLewisCaldwell Perhaps a form of inflatable intake or iris mechanism that can evenly control the diameter and length of an intake to optimize fuel delivery at all rpms?

[@TheDustyShredder]

​@@RichardLewisCaldwellFunny thing, I'm also working on an engine concept for use in hybrids, also scalable for use in planes, ships, trains, and trucks. The intent is to remove mechanical energy conversion and just go thermoelectric. This concept, if it proves viable, will simplify all vehicles, remove a LOT of fuel weight from cargo and passenger vehicles, and encourage further research into thermoelectric materials to improve power output and efficiency. The best part of it though is the range my system will allow, which is many magnitudes greater than current vehicles. In addition, this system can be used in stationary power stations to provide grid power with a smaller footprint in terms of both emissions and infrastructure size. It would only need a steady water and electrolyte supply to run the electrolysis plant which will supply the generator with h² and HHO, which will be directly burned in a sealed environment pressurized with Argon to prevent carbon and nitrous emissions and recover the water produced. Operating pressure will be around 85 psi and the operating temperature will be around 2350°F at the chamber and 434°F at the radiator. The thermoelectric modules responsible for converting that heat into electricity will be specialized versions meant to withstand this temperature gradient and produce proportional power to that gradient, or about 200 watts of electricity per module at 12v, which is about 17 amps. With 48 of these modules attached, that's 9.6MW of electricity. This is enough to drive a vehicle and charge the battery packs at a highway cruise. The electrolysis pack will produce about 50psi of hydrogen and oxygen and consume about 400-600 watts at 240v. This system will be able to be mounted in all current vehicles with the tank and electrolysis pack mounting where the gas tank is and the entire generator where the engine is. Since this replaces the engine, an electric motor will be provided to mount to the existing transmission so the overall operation of the vehicle remains unchanged, except then you could start in 5th gear. My intent for this is to provide a viable hydrogen based stepping stone between gas and electric vehicles and between fission and fusion based grid power while we work on generating fusion supplied electricity and build the infrastructure needed to support fully electric vehicles.

[@RichardLewisCaldwell]

@@TheDustyShredder Good idea. I've thought about variable-length induction systems that ensure the pressure rebound hits the intake valves at the optimal time. I'm sure designers have done both, varying length and cross sectional area. But no. I'll post the solution here next week.

[@RichardLewisCaldwell]

​@@TheDustyShredder As promised: one of any pair of input valves will have better performance, especially with regard to swirl. So limit your variable valve tech to the crappier valve. I call it winking. Hmm, the whole engine description barfs. I'll try parts: The near-Carnot Piston Engine Introduction The near-Carnot puts 2/3 real-world efficiency in reach through several interwoven innovations, including insulated tungsten combustion chambers (see 'Cascading thermal expansions and simultaneous combined cycles'). Said chambers' natural hot wall ignition means that any liquid fuel will work at any air:fuel and compression ratio without a spark plug. This also eliminates quenching, which is the source of most deposits, degraded oil, and unburned hydrocarbon emissions. Hot wall ignition combined with the well-shaped combustion chamber, serious swirl, and toroidal overturning enables the use of lower pressure fuel injection systems that cause less parasitic loss and are far cheaper (fuel injectors can represent ¼ of a diesel's cost). Cheap and efficient Compression Adjusters (CAs) replace both the plainly inefficient throttle and the expensive and inefficient turbo. A pair of CAs vary the example engine's compression ratio from 8:1 to 32:1 with negligible vacuum and no retrograde gas flow. The example engine's expansion ratio is a constant 32:1. We've got lots to cover. Let's start with a pair of simple innovations with impossible-sounding functionality. The first simulates time travel: The Flywheel-replacing Temporal Torque Transfer Device (TTTD) Flywheels are heavy and must change speed in order to store and provide torque. A TTTD adds and subtracts torque magnetically instead of via angular momentum, so it can distribute its (net zero) contribution to torque through the combustion cycle as desired: adding torque during final compression and subtracting torque when engine torque peaks. And unlike a flywheel, a TTTD's rotor's relatively low mass doesn't significantly affect engine response. TTTDs use a horseshoe magnet rotor (legs out, oriented perpendicular to rotation) and a horseshoe magnet stator (legs in, same orientation but with poles reversed) so that as the rotor magnet's legs approach the stator magnet's oppositely-poled legs, the TTTD pulls its shaft through final compression and dwell. The resulting energy debt is repaid by the subsequent power stroke as said pairs of legs are separated. Functionally, torque is sent “Back to the Future” (and yes, I resemble “Doc Brown”). A TTTD has only one moving part, is essentially 100% efficient, and needs no controls. However, significant functionality can be added via either an electromagnetic stator or a physically-spreadable stator that misaligns each half-stator in opposite directions so torque transfer is reduced but net stator-to-rotor alignment is maintained. The width and shape of the legs' tips determines the shape of the positive and negative blocks of torque applied by a TTTD to its shaft. The example engine's TTTD adds torque from perhaps 25 degrees BTDC to about 10 degrees ATDC and subtracts torque from about 40 degrees ATDC to 75 degrees ATDC on each rotation of the primary crankshaft, thus serving both CCs in a twin-CC engine. Note that since multiple stator and/or rotor magnets can be used, a TTTD can replace the flywheel of any two-stroke and most four-stroke conventional engines. Well, that crosses “time travel” off the impossible-but-not-untrue bucket list, which still leaves: The Inverted Crosshead (IC) - slashing piston friction with perpetual motion Traditional engines route lateral forces from the connecting rod to the wrist pin to the piston to the cylinder wall. This engine enlarges each connecting rod's rounded upper end sufficiently so that the outer surface of said end fits between and so can and will alternately bear laterally on each of a pair of vertical plates cast into or attached to the engine block below each cylinder, resulting in a flat linear contact (or a centering shallow “V” contact) that's thermally isolated from both the piston and cylinder wall, and never stops moving: a rod's rotation is at maximum when its sliding stops (at TDC and BDC) and its sliding is at maximum when its rotation stops (near mid-stroke). This drastically cuts lateral bearing friction and wear while removing the piston head and the cylinder wall from the process: lateral forces go directly from the relatively cool connecting rod and wrist pin to the relatively cool engine block via said pair of vertical plates. Additionally, this “inverted crosshead” elevates the piston rings well above the wrist pin, greatly improving piston orientation, which, combined with the lack of lateral forces to affect the piston/cylinder wall interface, enables tighter tolerances and the elimination of out-of-round machining and the need for a second pressure ring while reducing the piston skirts to a circular miniskirt or just a coating on the ring lands. Piston ring friction represents almost half of a traditional engine's friction, so just eliminating one of the pressure rings represents perhaps a 20% reduction in engine friction. Note that the example engine's CCs use a 2:1 bore to stroke ratio in order to further reduce friction and pumping losses while providing plenty of room for big valves and inverted crossheads. The expected increase in thermal losses doesn't happen because of the CCs' insulated tungsten combustion chambers. A CC's diminutive size, 2:1 bore to stroke, and 8:1 compression ratio combine to drastically reduce said CC's speed, countering the increase in mass that results from incorporating a tungsten combustion chamber into a piston. Next, lets throttle pumping losses: The Compression Adjuster (CA) The engine uses pairs of four-stroke combustion cylinders (CCs). Each CC pair feeds a central two-stroke re-expansion cylinder (RC), a well-known technique that balances much like a four-stroke four-banger. Each CC is fed by its own CA, which operates at half speed. A CA's four (technically half-)strokes are: Intake, Intake, Compress, and Compress&Transfer, with the Compress&Transfer stroke coinciding with the associated CC's intake stroke. CAs are low temperature and low pressure devices, so they can be made of various materials, including plastic. Since a CA operates at half-speed and utilizes its entire cylinder head for intake (see 'Valving and Swirl' below), very little intake vacuum is required. With relative nominal cylinder volumes of 4:1:4 (CA:CC:RC), the example engine's maximum working compression ratio is 32:1 (CAvol/CCvol * the CC's compression ratio). I say nominal because the CA's function is significantly degraded by non-swept volume, such as exists in the CA2CC transfer passage. Fortunately, this doesn't significantly affect actual efficiency and is easily compensated for by enlarging the CA. In fact, it hints at a way to adjust the engine's compression ratio on the fly without increasing pumping losses: When a lower compression ratio is desired, the Compression Adjuster (CA) simply raises its ring of intake flaps away from its piston, increasing the dead space between said flaps and piston, and so reducing the CA's pumping power, which reduces the engine's working compression ratio while decreasing pumping losses. When the CA is fully extended it functions as a perfectly tuned intake system and the engine's working compression ratio approaches the CC's native compression ratio. CAs can be driven electrically or via a half-speed shaft. The CA eliminates the need for throttles and turbochargers: size the CA for maximum compression and raise the CA's intake flaps as desired to increase the CA's dead-space and so functionally shrink the CA on the fly. The example engine efficiently adjusts from an 8:1 to a 32:1 compression ratio while maintaining a constant 32:1 expansion ratio. The working compression ratio can be further reduced by use of the steam throttle, as described in the next section. An anti-vacuum valve in the example engine's RC's cylinder head mitigates over-expansion issues in very low torque situations. Alternatively or additionally, variable valve timing on the RC's exhaust valve(s) can mitigate over-expansion without retrograde gas flow. In a twin-CC engine the two CAs are phased 180 degrees apart, causing two issues: First, they are single-cylinder devices whose vibrations combine to form a rocking couple. Compliant mounts can mitigate the problem. Or the CAs can be balanced along with the rest of the engine, which would generally be done with a pair of counterweights, one on each end of the engine. And second, air should be able to travel freely between the CAs' bottom ends. This is handled either through the rest of the engine's bottom end or via a tuned connecting tube, perhaps of variable length. The connecting tube solution lets the CAs use their own lubrication system. The example engine's CAs are cast with the rest of the engine and share its lubrication system. This configuration has less variation in bottom end pressure and utilizes the CAs as oil coolers.

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Very well done. I design race engines and assumed you would leave key points out. But you checked all the boxes. Great explinations.

[@chaturgamer1120]

Please tell me which one is powerful I don't understand video

[@MaaZeus]

@@chaturgamer1120 Both have pros and cons. Short stroke engines have higher horsepower and are generally faster but at the cost of low RPM power. To use all of their power you have to rev them high. Long stroke engines on the other hand produce more power at low RPM, and lots of it, but cannot keep it up when you rev them up. So you have impressive torque figures on relatively wide RPM range but horsepower rating is usually lacking. The engine simply "runs out of steam" when you try to push it higher. Yet both have their places. For extreme examples of the two think of Formula 1 car and a tractor. Formula 1 car is the epitome of a short stroke engine, very big pistons that are (a little exaggeration) barely vibrating up and down, revving to 20000 RPM and going really, really, really fast. Versus a tractor with slowly spinning long stroke engine but with a lot of momentum with each engine rotation. Both are powerful, but only one you would take to a race track and only one you would use to pull a tree from the ground. And about more realistic examples like a sports motorcycle vs a Harley. The former, much like Formula 1 car, is obviously faster but if you want to travel around and especially with a lot of heavy luggage, you might actually be happier with a Harley. And I am not talking about usability but how they feel in real life, relaxed riding. Harleys long stroke engine is always on the optimal power band when you are cruising at normal speeds and you do not need to play with gears so much if you need to pass a car in front of you, just twist the throttle and the bike obeys. Sports bike can do it faster but it usually involves punching the gears down to get the revs up and then it goes like a lightning. TLDR Long stroke engine = instant power from low but cannot keep it up to high RPM's. Short stroke engine = Not so much power initially but keeps getting better and better as the RPM increases and beyond what the long stroke engine can offer as far as speed goes. *edit* This is of course an over simplification and there are variables. Engineers are creative bunch and can improve the short comings of each engine design. Like the Corvette LS2 engine mentioned in this video, it is a short stroke engine but it feels like a long stroke engine until you notice that it revs quite high. Or the BMW engine that is even more short stroke but because of the mechanically complex tricks it has it does produce nice amount of power down low even if the engine is still happier up high.

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As always, thank you for a fantastic video. I've been playing around with engines for 45 years, in all sorts of applications, including 2 stroke marine (outboard), marine inboards, petrol (benzene) and diesel car engines. I learn a lot of new things with every one of your videos. Love your work!

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Again I can't thank you enough I'm 43 and I built my first engine over the summer and I couldn't of achieved this without your knowledge. Everything from bearing clearance to piston ring gap all learned from you. It started right up and runs like a champ, a.c.l. bearings, k-1 rods, Manley pistons, stuffed turbo, theta 2, again thank you

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What engine?

[@jesseb3758]

@@adrianzmajla4844 Theta 2

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​@@adrianzmajla4844I'm guessing Hyundai with the mention of theta 2

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[@redfalco21]

Also, don’t forget that swept volume varies linearly with stroke, but exponentially with bore (by the square of bore). So increasing stroke and decreasing bore in the same proportion will lower swept volume, while increasing bore and decreasing stroke in the same proportion will increase swept volume.

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[@nono-fn3zc]

Great article. Back on the early 2000’s I bought a KTM 450exc. The 400 and 450 used the same small piston, but the 450 used a larger stroke. The same stroke was used in the 520, but the 520 used a larger piston. Three engines that are otherwise identical. Some people years later made a hybrid “453” where they took the larger piston of the 520 and the short stroke of the 400.

[@russcole5685]

And which was the better combination for torque

[@nono-fn3zc]

@@russcole5685 the 450 and 500 are very similar up high in the rpm range. They are both much more torquey at low rpm compared to the 400. The 400 is supposed to feel like all of the power is up top and it’s a pussycat down low where it doesn’t make torque.

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[@dimikraa1135]

another great video, the key thing to me as a hobby tuner is the max possible redline determined by piston speed, so I know how high it might be able to rev if I go all out on hardware like cams, TBs, valves etc. doesnt make sense to build an engine with peak power at 9k that loses its pistons at 8k😂

[@msk3905]

So you must be racing your engines because its going to be hard to rev street engines this high often

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@@msk3905 honda vtec engines like the b18 or f20 can rev as high as 9200 rpm and 9500 rpm just fine on the street

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​@@msk3905 Gear ratios and final drive ratio exist.

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@@keijokojootti7790 so you drive around at 35 mph spinning your engine at 5000, huh does that make sense to you?

[@msk3905]

@@sigmamale4147 big whoop tell me how often you are at those rpms? Lets say you are driving down the street at average speed of 35mph and a mustang pulls up and references lets go by the time you get to use the power of your high revving engine he’ll be at next light already?

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[@hotchihuahua1546]

This is another take on your informative veto ! When we are teenagers HP is what is exciting to us ! When Dad was providing the car, gas , insurance etc…. it was no big deal .lol When we mature and go out on our own , things change and we figure out things ! Things like …….points on your license for speeding , higher insurance rates , higher gas prices for premium gas , low gas mileage, short tire life , etc…… There we realize TORQUE is not a bad thing ! 😂

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[@TassieLorenzo]

Yeah, nah, the fun begins at 6000rpm (from 10000rpm for a bike). There's so many run-of-the-mill 2.0-3.0L turbos or 600cc parallel twins, that's why an old-school high-revving NA engine or 600cc inline-four is something special!🙂 Besides why not have torque *and* power with the 6.5L Ferrari V12? 790hp @ 8500rpm, 720 Nm (530lb.ft) @ 7000rpm. 😉

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[@kilotiger7780]

Great video! Also, muscle car engines are usually oversquare because a very famous modification for them is a big stroke crankshaft, that significantly increases their displacement and hence made more power and torque

[@TassieLorenzo]

Isn't it also that a 2-valve engine needs a big bore or else it won't flow very much air because of the limitations of 2-valves compared to 4- or 5-valves? 🤔 Whereas, for example, the 5.0L Coyote with a 92.2mm bore can still have more valve area than a 5.0L Windsor with a 101.6mm bore because the Coyote has two more valves per cylinder?

[@NickKautz]

I highly doubt a manufacturer would design a production engine with accomodations for the small fraction of total customers that might be changing internal components in the future. More likely , they design it to function exactly the way they want and any modifications that can be done are happenstance. I'm not even sure they make engines rebuildable on purpose, they may happen to be that way simply because of how they have to be assembled and inspected.

[@TassieLorenzo]

@@NickKautz That's true, on the other hand Ford themselves have run into the limitation of the narrow bore spacing on their 4.6L Modular engine. The 5.2L Voodoo/Alluminator version of the engine needs to use a spray-on cylinder liner and the 5.4L version used in V8 Supercar and GT3 racing has quite an unfavourable rod-to-stroke ratio. 5.4L is pretty much the maximum capacity the Modular/Coyote can be taken too. I bet Ford wished they had used the same bore spacing as the Windsor in some respects. E.g., to make a bigger capacity engine they made a 6.8L V10 based on the Modular architecture as it didn't lend itself to making a bigger V8, and now they have made a completely different 7.3L pushrod V8 for their larger pickup trucks. [There used to be a longer stroke version of the Modular with a 25mm taller block, the 5.4L from the 2000's, but this is not made any more.]

[@2seep]

That’s the case for older muscle cars. Today muscle cars have become under square. By the way they aren’t over square because people do stroker kits on them, they are over square because it allows the engine to rev higher creating more horsepower.

[@kilotiger7780]

@@2seep That's the case with modern muscle cars as well. Both the ls/lt engines and the hemis are oversquare engines. Only undersquare being the coyote, which is pretty close to being square, and that's because it's a dohc. The ls series and the hemis are ohv, meaning they can't rev high anyway. I'm sorry, 6500rpm isn't high. Even the ls7, with being slightly oversquare and close to being square has a 7000rpm redline. That's not a lot, regardless of displacement....

[@kennethcohagen3539]

In Engines masters, the guys tested two 383 cubic inch engines. The first was a 350 Chevy stroked by installing a 400 crank in it. The next was. Mopar 383 with its stock bore and stroke. The Chevy had a 4” bore and 3.70” stroke, the Mopar has 4.25” bore and 3.38” stroke. The engines were built as close to the same as possible, same cam grind, type of intake and exhaust manifolds etc. when they put them on the dyno they were shocked to get identical torque at an the same RPM. There is more to this puzzle than bore and stroke. 😊

[@Patrick-857]

What I get from this is that an oversquare engine is ideal for high power at top end, and can be coerced into good low end performance with right airflow and tuning. An undersquare engine easily makes low end torque, but it's physical limitations make it unsuitable for really high RPM applications.

[@TinkerersAdventure]

I love how this video shows us the bigger picture. Very insightful! I recently interviewed the chief engineer of Lexus GX550. On paper, the new V35A-FTS is very undersquare compared to the oversquare 1UR-FE in GX460. The new 3.4L Twin turbo V6 produces 479 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm, which is insane. I automatically assumed it was because of the undersquare design. But after talking to the chief engineer, he actually said bore & stoke was not really the "main thing". It was just 1 factor among many other factors, exactly like what you said. They didn't even "pick" long stroke to start the new engine design. Instead, it was more like a result after weighing many other parameters and trade offs.

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[@SE45CX]

If you're also interested in suspensions, you might also like the channel Suspensions Explained. Highly recommended as well!

[@s.k.6823]

Best channel for explaining engines out there on KZbin. Also it’s really good to understand as a non native English speaker. 👍

[@1495978707]

1:20 The force isn’t doubled, it’s quadrupled (assuming pressure is the same). This is part of why F1 cars will have super short stroke length. The drawback is more reciprocating mass, and more strain on the crank, which can be addressed with advanced manufacturing and fancy materials

[@radekc5325]

I think he meant the bore to stroke ratio of sqrt(2), otherwise the displacement would not be the same between the two examples.

[@commonsensh]

This channel has the most informative videos on youtube regarding cars and engines. I have watched most of your videos at least 3 times just to get a grip on the info overdose. Thank you so much

[@franklynpertuz7669]

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[@SammyM00782]

Bro, it's just f'ing amazing that someone figured all this out so long ago. What a time to be alive

[@FredricF]

Just an observation: Most naturally aspirated engines have a max torque of about 100Nm/L. A HD engine is relatively under squared and have a max torque of about 80Nm/L and a over squared engine like the Ducati V4 have a max torque of 120Nm/L, that's 50% more. That is the extremes but a couple of years ago I checked about 100 motorcycles and it was kinda obvious that the over squared engines had a lower max torque per liter. Now, the engines that are over squared are usually on the sport bikes and the others on gliders or off-road type bikes and one can imagine that the torque curve is more flat on the gliders and off-road and less flat on sport bikes where power is much more important. Note that I only checked road bikes, and no mx bikes and also only four strokes.

[@Gnerko123]

Undersquare engines are usually not high performance engines, thus have relatively low torque and even lower power relative to their displacement. I think that is why you’re re seeing this difference.

[@msk3905]

I gravitate towards slightly I oversquare (American V8) to square as to me give me the best performer on the street. When an engine has a higher peak torque than HP peak it means there is a restriction somewhere so your last BMW example falls in this category

[@Gnerko123]

@@msk3905 Some engines are tuned for low rpm operation. This can be to optimise for a certain application, or a necessity due to limitations in the engine configuration. Aircooled Harley Davidsons (and other aircooled large capacity engines) are an example of both. High peak torque as compared to peak power simply means that the engine doesn't perform well at high rpm, doesn't need to mean there is a restriction somewhere.

[@EcstaticPeacocck]

I just made an account so that I can subscribe, as well as like and comment EVERY one of your videos. You've given me such a great understanding of the principles that govern engine performance and dynamics. After watching your videos, I know I'll be able to choose the right parts for my budget and the requirements of my build, no matter what the application or vehicle! I hope your channel only continues to grow because no one else makes videos half this good!

[@kerimca98]

Power? Torque? Who cares! Max bore all the way! Get that RPM sounds going 🔊🔊

[@hotchihuahua1546]

No replacement for displacement kind of guy ! Me too ! Great for trailering boats , motorcycles , campers etc….. 😁

[@Chris-hx3om]

That's pretty much exactly the opposite of what's required in marine applications. If the engine doesn't produce enough torque at the low end, the boat will never 'plane', so the engine will never get the revs up high enough to take advantage of that extra power. Marine engines don't have a shift-able gearbox. The gear reduction (between engine and propeller shaft) is fixed, so if you prop for the top end, it'll never get out of the hole. Prop for the 'holeshot' and you'll blow the engine at the top (serious over-revving) or just leave a whole lot of potential power as 'unavailable'... Best engine? Under-square with as flat as possible torque curve for the win. Keep the revs in check with prop pitch and you'll have a boat that is easily drive-able and beautifully responsive.

[@L3v3LLIP]

@@Chris-hx3om can't ships adjust their propeller? Sounds like some clever electronics could make a uneven torque curve work then.

[@Mitutumuch]

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[@kerimca98]

@@Chris-hx3om Fascinating, appreciate the info One of my favorites is that of bikes like Honda CBR250RR MC22 - 45~ hp out of 250cc (180 hp per liter N/A) - 18,000 RPM, genuine F1 sounds from inline-4 - Top speed around 180 km/h - The torque is a whopping... 18 ft-lb or 25 Nm

[@BLACKENTON]

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[@themortz]

All hail the Square Engine, the superior shape!✊🏻

[@d4a]

86 is a very interesting number. It's on many famous engines 😁

[@phillipchastain2295]

Great video, so many people just think about the ratio, and don't realize it's the secondary characteristics that actually give all the difference

[@theonlyalan731]

Doubling the bore quadruples the area off the top of the Piston the quadrupling the force for any given pressure

[@omegarugal9283]

actually is the opossite, same pressure working on the same area is still the same, the point of enlarging the bore us to incresase volume of air and gasoline, more pressure more power

[@rich7447]

Quadrupling the surface area of the piston means dividing the center to center length of the crank journal (and the mechanical advantage that it provides) by 4 to maintain displacement.

[@arifsalmansutanto8830]

Thank you very much bro! Love from Indonesia❤🇮🇩

[@Erik_Swiger]

As you stated here, and as I always hear elsewhere, a pushrod V8 is limited in its valve operation. What occurs to me is, why can't a pushrod V8 have variable-ratio rocker arms? Wouldn't that effectively be the same thing (more or less) as VVT in an OHC engine? Even if it's not a direct comparison, it seems to me some gains could be realized in such a design.

[@pontiacg445]

Variable ratio rockers would just change valve lift. The camshaft doesn't change, any extra lift just comes from the valve cycling faster. So no it wouldn't be variable valve timing, but it wouldn't be a total waste. Don't think it's been done on a production pushrod v8, but it has been done on plenty of other engines.

[@MikeP59DE]

On the remote off chance that nobody told you yet: You're a true genius when it comes to explaining stuff. I really hope you work in the education field.

[@Stale_Mahoney]

my engine felt stronger before swapping the head and cam, as a linear increase in power dont "feel" as powerful as the gulp of torque down low under the midrange, despite gaining 25% power with the new head and cam. the linear power band all the way up to 7k compared to the old flattening out after 5.5k rpm. the but dyno is quite faulty that way.

[@msk3905]

If it felt stronger before upgrading cam and head then you picked wrong cam and head

[@Stale_Mahoney]

@@msk3905 it felt stronger before because with a ported head and a more radical cam it lost power below 3k rpm but as i said i gained 25% on the top end and it pulls another extra 1000rpm so considering i usually enjoy the top end and dont have a slushmatic transmition it's the right choice for me, simply drop a gear and dont lug the engine when i wanna go

[@TheCzechmate007]

This has to be one of the best educational channels on the internet. Thank you!

[@soconoha]

Years ago, I read some Germans calculated that .5 liters is the ideal cylinder size... I've always wondered if there was anything to it.

[@d4a]

Maybe they were right? So many amazing 2 liter 4 cylinder over the years. But again... ideal for what?

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

@@d4a efficiency, i've heard the same. one cylinder, 500 mill square engine supposedly best efficiency.

[@bazooka712]

@@SoulTouchMusic93 2 liter 4 cylinder diesel here, can confirm they're mad efficient

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Fords 3.5 v6 are amazing for hp& torque . From truck into high performance GT.

[@omegarugal9283]

ideal for the particular engine they were designing

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

I like the simple yet thorough way this gentleman explains key concepts. Definitely the smartest automotive channel on all of KZbin (sorry Tyler). 😁

[@stevend3753]

I feel smarter for having watched this.

[@n.a.m.1249]

Brah. Its not even about how much you know, but how clearly you articulate everything. Master of ELI5

[@F3udF1st]

I was just researching this yesterday, wow. But not necessarily the power aspect, but engine wear/longevity etc. Are there any generalizations that can be made in that regard? *edit; got some answers to this in the video. The main answer being "it depends".

[@dafff08]

well, many toyotas use high stroke to bor ratio engines as well as trucks. or in other words: build quality>engine design.

[@msk3905]

Longer stroke will put more force on piston sidewall so if you are looking at longevity it will wear quicker, thats not to say that you still cant see many miles on it. Rpm and vibration are what kill engines pay more attention to that

[@pontiacg445]

@@msk3905 The longer stroke engine spends the majority of it's time at lower RPM to do the same amount of work and lasts a lot longer for it. Check out any engine from a long haul rig, either truck or boat. You won't see many square engines...

[@msk3905]

@@pontiacg445 Not sure he is asking about long haul engines, these are diesel and no idea what the rod lengths and highway driving is less harmful then stop and go? Boat gas engine are recommended that they be rebuilt after 1,500 hours is that long lasting to you? Have you ever heard of the Square ok lets see off the top of my head, Ford 5.0L modular engine that has been produced from 2011 on, my 408ci has 4.03 bore with 4" stroke, Ford 3.7 has 3.7 bore & 3.66 stroke, VW made a 16v 3.25 x 3.3 engine, VW W16 in the veyron is square engine design.

[@JJFX-]

Great video! Who would have guessed engines are the result of multiple complex systems working together and not just a few lines on a spec sheet :) I don't know how you manage to make video after video summarizing complex topics in a way that's easier to digest and remember than any professor I've had but you have real talent my friend. Massive respect for also not succumbing to the typical KZbinr nonsense. You're a rare breed and I hope people realize that.

[@V8freaks]

When you are comparing stroke vs bore, you have to keep the displacement equal. At least one variable in the equations has to be fix, here it's the displacement. So comparing K20 and K24 doen't make sense because they have unequal displacement...

[@dielaughing73]

Why do you have to keep displacement equal? I agree it's an interesting point of comparison but it doesn't mean other comparisons are invalid. This video is about bore and stroke, so that's what he's varying between engines.

[@rich7447]

You are dropping RPM though. A 500cc engine that spins at 7,000 rpm will have the same swept area (and air throughput) in one minute as a 700cc engine revving at 5000 rpm or a 1L engine spinning at 3,500 rpm. Fuel/air mixture being the same they should use similar amounts of fuel. The lower displacement/faster spinning engine is making the similar peak HP by sacrificing torque for RPM. Instead of quoting engine displacement as swept area for a single revolution we should consider engine displacement over a set period of time. People love to talk about American V8s making less HP per liter than high strung European L4s, but HP is a function of time and displacement is not. Torque is the unit that does not have a time component.

[@lobbyrobby]

No matter how much I think I know about this stuff I always learn something from these. Thank you for these excellent videos!

[@ShawnD1027]

Excellent as always! A minor critique would be the statement at 9:40: "A giant bore which dictates giant valves, then giant everything in the rest of the intake." It doesn't dictate any of those, but it does allow them.

[@M_Duhamel]

definitely correct. And if you are Honda you can go even one step further to get more valve area and make oval cylinders! But then , if you aren't going to take advantage of the valve area capability of the large bore, what is the point of dealing with the disadvantages of extremely oversquare design?

[@ProtoAzula]

The main advantage of a larger bore is that you can increase the size of valves to get more air and burn more fuel for more power, whereas stroke is better for torque at the expense of a weaker crank that cant rev as high

[@IgnitionP]

You increase both you get most power 🤯

[@Chris-hx3om]

I thought the main advantage of an over-square engine was reduced piston speed, so the revs can be higher before the piston starts outrunning the combustion front... Higher revs (with associated air flow) equals more power.... There you go.

[@ProtoAzula]

@Chris-hx3om although that is an advantage, which also puts less stress on other components by speed, it also add rotational mass. Realistically our main problem with making power is getting enough air in the engine in the first place when using gasoline since it requires more air per molecule of fuel to burn completely and efficiently. It's why top fuel dragsters make so much power. Realistically the fuel has less potency for power, but because it requires so little air to burn efficiently you can effectively cram 4 times the fuel in there, making more power anyways

[@ProtoAzula]

@IgnitionP although true, the main problem we face is material strength and rotational mass, especially at the piston and rod which causes the components to face a large ammount of stress. The less mass you can get away with on those components and still have the same strength the easier it would be to rev up higher, but you would also need the airflow and fuel volume, cam timing, valve spring stiffness, ignition timing, and a bunch of other things to support it

[@TassieLorenzo]

@@IgnitionP Ferrari 6.5L V12 is the answer! 😊

[@Start.Your.Engines_official]

Your videos have helped me learn tremendously. I’ve got a notebook in my office with about 18 pages of info I’ve gathered from watching just a few videos. Thanks so much for explaining things to us.

[@peteraustin4295]

Regardless of the underlying mechanics, we all know that the vast majority of the greatest engines in history are oversquare. To put it another way that all F1 fans will understand: The bigger the bore, the more the crowd roars

[@Chris-hx3om]

Not in my world! Long stroke of the under-square for a nice fat torque curve and I'm a very happy boater.

[@deanjohnson7283]

I know that the video is bore and stroke related, but one thing I really wanted you to mention are technologies like DISA, this basically gives two paths for the air to go into the engine, a long and narrow tubes for low RPM torque, and a shorter, wider tube for high RPM volume of air. This is what made BMW engines quite powerful for their displacement at the time. Also it would be nice to mention the oldschool pure NA Formula 1 engines, every single one was using an oversquare design with the bore being WAY bigger than the stroke, making them rev higher than even most motorcycles, and making very big power for their displacement.

[@BlacKi-nd4uy]

i also missed the possibility of charging the engine and how it will effect the bore vs stroke discussion.

[@joelboutier1736]

Thank you so much. You make these concepts very easy to understand even for people that are not highly mechanically inclined. You don't have to be an engineer to understand with the way you illustrate and explain. You do a great job

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[@MartinW2226]

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[@bicyclist2]

This perfectly explains why Porsche can generate tons of power and a top speed in excess of 200mph with just a small 3.6 or 3.8 liter flat 6 engine. Very interesting. Thanks.

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[@ChristopherBurtraw]

"see engines for what they are, not what they aren't" Thank you for elegantly saying how I have felt for years

[@GroovesAndLands]

24:03 Ok, I had a lot of criticism to offer but you tied the whole thing together! Nicely done! Within the practical limits of bore/stroke ratio - it doesn't matter that much.

[@sleethmitchell]

videos like yours help me understand that my understanding has limits. we WANT things to be simple, to break down to simple formulas, but they DON'T. thanks!

[@ChewbaccaFetus]

Awesome video! It’s also good to mention that torque can be addressed by gearing. A car with high hp and relatively low torque (like the S65) can benefit from a shorter final drive so that every gear starts at a higher RPM. High HP mated to short gears is ideal for acceleration even if the peak tq. Number created by the engine is low.

[@kgchinlumayna]

Thanks man.. Your explanation is on point. As a motorcycle mechanic i upgraded my dads 20 year old 100cc honda motorcycle which has 50mm bore and 49.5 stroke into higher 56mm bore same stroke with bigvalve head. Now it rev's higher at 10,000 rpm, redline of 8000rpm but with a big torque output at lower rpm's. I also tried 4 valves head but i compromise the big grunt at lower rpms, its peak hp is noticable but i retained the Bigvalve option for city driving.

[@joe2d]

Thanks D4A for another class of "I go to engineering school so you don't have to" awesome insightful information presented in the simplest manner that idiots like myself can digest and understand.

[@trueamerican7034]

Great presentation, you covered virtually every aspect. Smokey Yunick preached long connecting rod length. I believe years ago Car Craft magazine built a small block Chevy (not sure 355ci). They dynoed it with stock length conn rods 5.7", then pulled that engine apart and put in 6.0" rods and the same style piston only with wrist pin location changed to accommodate the longer rods. This new configuration produced more torque and power at every RPM level but one, maybe around 3,000 where they were like equal. As I remember, while the torque and hp levels varied, numbers were like 15 lb/ft and 15 hp more with the longer conn rods.

[@nateg08]

Thank you. Ive often heard that mass flow air or large bore cold air intakes can give you more top end at the cost of ablittle low end power. This video explains that loss. I never knew why that would be the case before.

[@willclark491]

Excellent presentation of the complexities involved! This shows very few of us have the technical education and experience to properly pick our own designs.

[@GHOTIME]

Because folks like you make these educational videos, knowledge becomes much more accessible for the young generation. Thank you!

[@JJF1973]

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[@IllusionInfusion]

Subaru's solution to the air velocity problem is by using TGVs, or tumble generator valves. This is a butterfly valve just before the port injector that closes off part of the intake runner for that cylinder. The reduced cross-sectional area increases air velocity around the fuel injector helping with fuel delivery. In the past it was used mainly for cold starts, but these days they can be commanded on and off depending on engine conditions.

[@bobbyduke777]

I I have a 1959 HD, which i reinforced with welding on the case, put sidewinder jugs in it 3 5/8" bore and 4 3/4" stroke that is 98 inches. To offset the lower RPM's I will limit it to 5000RPM , I am putting a 6 speed trans with OD, and I will gear it to be doing 65 MPH at no more then 2000 rpm. This video has confirmed my thoughts on the matter i am building. Thank you very much, You explain it so much better then I ever could

[@MPCARDESIGN]

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Extremely well written, well explained, with top-notch animations and graphics.

[@bolykkeberg]

Brilliant ! Love how you manage the physics side of this so easily, you are true a great educator.

[@NAmania]

7:07 Thank you for putting your life on the line for our education!

[@PeterR0035]

My highlight of the day. Thank you for your great channel! 👍 ❤

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

Great video. Something for everyone. Short version: everything is a compromise to gain an advantage elsewhere. My personal takeaway: There are flaps in the intake of my Mk5 GTI. I read years ago that those flaps were for "simulating short and long runners". I realize now that those flaps are probably there to increase intake air velocity to facilitate fuel/air mixing on a direct injection engine.

[@carllinden533]

24:04 EXCELLENT video! Another extreme example I'd like to mention is the Sachsenring Trabant 601. It has a nearly square engine but produces twice as much torque as horsepower and it produces peak torque at only 3800-rpm and it's also a two-stroke. If someone only went off of bore and stroke this would seemingly break all the rules.