Story problem...

Posted by Dana on Monday, April 04, 2005 at 11:44AM :

Okay, someone want to do the math for me?

An M-37 leaves Milford heading towards Fairfield at 1:00 traveling at 45 mph, and an Power Wagon leaves Fairfield at 1:15 heading towards Milford at 50mph... NO, wait! That’s not the story problem – this is: If Dana has a 270 c.i.d. 1955 Dodge hemi, and it's bored .040 over and has the crank turned .004 on the rod bearings (yes, you can turn them up to .008 under!)... what does Dana have in displacement?

Not that it really matters, I just was wondering if I now own a... 286.4 (?) Hemi or what!?!?

Thanks gang! (The stopwatch is running! I know someone will answer this – correctly – in a matter of minutes! And, yes, I know it’s bore-size times the stroke, times 8 (cyl) times... the square-root of a telephone pole or something, but I don’t know how to figure it out exactly!)
Dummy Dana

Follow Ups:

• Re: Story problem... - Eds 9:21PM 04/04/2005
• Re: Story problem... - cadillac ranch 3:31PM 04/04/2005
• Trick question! - Tim Holloway 12:38PM 04/04/2005
  • Re: Trick question! - Keith in Washington 4:29PM 04/04/2005
    • Re: Trick question! - Tim Holloway 10:43PM 04/04/2005
  • Re: Trick question! - Dana 1:44PM 04/04/2005
    • Re: Trick question! - Tim Holloway 3:56PM 04/04/2005
• Re: you have a 270 hemi - OTM Mike Stone (Idaho, USA) 12:17PM 04/04/2005
• I need the bore and stroke measurements - Kaegi 11:57AM 04/04/2005
  • Re: I need the bore and stroke measurements - Dana 12:03PM 04/04/2005
    • Re: I need the bore and stroke measurements - Kaegi 4:58PM 04/04/2005
    • There is no change to the stroke when you undersize! - Dan Shockley 12:27PM 04/04/2005
      • Re: There is no change to the stroke when you undersize! - Dana 1:42PM 04/04/2005
• Combustion chambers... - Dana 11:57AM 04/04/2005
• Re: Story problem... - Paul (in NY) 11:54AM 04/04/2005
  • Thanks Paul!... - Dana 12:01PM 04/04/2005

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