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  • Insanity
    Advanced Member
    • Jan 2006
    • 135

    #1

    M20 engine specifications

    If anyone can provide me with these figures, I'd be grateful:

    Piston heights for the factory e, supereta and 325i pistons.

    combustion chamber volume for the 325i head.

    wrist pin location on those pistons.
  • Jordan
    R3V OG
    • Oct 2003
    • 12907

    #2
    885 head is ~43cc or so.
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    • Insanity
      Advanced Member
      • Jan 2006
      • 135

      #3
      Well.. this is odd then. If the 325i head is 43cc, then a flat-top piston should give a 9.66:1 static compression ratio. But isn't the static compression of the M20B25 is listed at 8.8:1? And don't the pistons have a bit of a rise into the CC?

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      • Insanity
        Advanced Member
        • Jan 2006
        • 135

        #4
        Hm, I actually did a calculation wrong (forgot to add CC volume to cylinder volume before dividing), and with a flat top at deck height, the static CR should be 10.2:1..? Odd...

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        • Insanity
          Advanced Member
          • Jan 2006
          • 135

          #5
          Hm, after some googling, seems the CC volume stock on the m20b25 is actually 47cc, which makes a flat top at deck height yield a 9.8:1, which still seems off.

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          • Insanity
            Advanced Member
            • Jan 2006
            • 135

            #6
            Ah, forgot the head gasket. 9.2:1 with a flat top. Sounds more reasonable, especially since the stock pistons apparently have a dish...

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            • Jordan
              R3V OG
              • Oct 2003
              • 12907

              #7
              Having a nice thread all by yourself?
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              • Insanity
                Advanced Member
                • Jan 2006
                • 135

                #8
                Well, since nobody seems to know anything about the specs of the engine, looks like I have to.

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                • Jordan
                  R3V OG
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 12907

                  #9
                  You seem to be doing just fine by yourself...
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