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Old 18th February 2009 | 13:53
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barit1
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No - in the bottom dead center state, the volume is 1500cc.

At top dead center the volume is 1/5 of 1500, or 300cc.

(That's how compression ratio is defined, isn't it?)

So the swept volume is: 1500-300 = 1200

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