Originally posted by techinspector1
Scott, let's go back to square one and I'll explain....
I have over 1,800 responses on this forum and a lot of them were to pimply-faced pencil-necked geeks who were going to spend multi-thousands of dollars and build the world's fastest car. When you get twenty of these dweebs in a row and then number 21, a guy named Scott comes along, how do you respond? That's why I asked if you were bench racing or if you really had the money to do this. I'm very tired of spinning my wheels wasting time on these guys. And it IS my time that I'm spending. By now, because of the posts which have passed, i believe you may be real and I will help you any way I can.
Hi Tech1,

I appreciate that. Hey, when I was 16 (in 1972), I weighed 200 lbs. There was no such thing as Nintendo and you couldn't see my neck! I was all about motorcycles back then.
I guess math just comes naturally for me and I can't understand anyone not being able to crunch some bore and stroke numbers to find a 377, that's why I made that statement about you not knowing where to start. Now, if we can start over at zero, I'll be easy to get along with if you will.
Math was never a struggle for me, and getting involved with CAD and CAM early in my professional life was a natural...never finished school, though. I owned an AutoCAD dealership in SoCal for 9 years and my customers were aerospace, defense, and architectural engineering types that I was teaching to use desktop CAD. Through using the software, it teaches you a lot about math. Pi * (radius squared) * height (stroke) is simple volume of any cylinder. So, a 377 can be made both ways then? The shorter stroke seems like the correct variant. Thank you... Just finished watching the Italian GP (1-Rubens, 2-Michael, for Ferrari again). Going flying now.