Author Topic: 950 Spada round barrel squish  (Read 950 times)

Offline Triking Tim

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950 Spada round barrel squish
« on: December 08, 2023, 01:04:37 PM »
How far down the bores are Spada pistons as standard?

 I'm thinking the small valve combustion chamber  and flattish piston crowns would be a better bet for optimal squish than the mid valve heads and high comp pistons of the Le Mans.

 Tia Tim.
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Re: 950 Spada round barrel squish
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2023, 07:06:23 PM »
  What exactly are you asking about ?   Peter

Offline Triking Tim

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Re: 950 Spada round barrel squish
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2023, 07:17:04 AM »
How far down the bores are Spada pistons as standard?

Trying to work out what squish I can sensibly achieve before the engine is stripped.
Other info required would be small valve head combustion chamber size (somewhere I found possibly 55cc but that's unconfirmed)
Compressed head gasket thickness.
The cc of the raised portion of the piston crown.
« Last Edit: December 09, 2023, 07:32:17 AM by Triking Tim »

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Re: 950 Spada round barrel squish
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2023, 08:36:36 AM »
Best to get out the soft lead and a burette to measure clearances and volume.You'd be looking at getting a clearance of about 1 mm but there is no squish band to speak of on those heads:their design is pretty archaic .

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Re: 950 Spada round barrel squish
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2023, 09:36:26 AM »
I'm reluctant to to partially strip the engine yet as it's in use and I would rather have a usable vehicle until I know what's achievable.

I was hoping the measurements would be out there somewhere.


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