In the process of replacing the CH gasket, I want to maximize the compression ratio of my gasoline Smart 42 Mk1 -2000.
This because it will be run on 100% E85 only, so no knocking problem anymore.
On many engines, the valves will hit the piston if you mil off too much of the gasket face.
On the Smart, it seems quite OK, there is very vertical valves in combination with a big distance to the gasket face, and bowl in pistons too.
And there are no cut outs for the valves in the pistons.
Are there anyone who have tested how much distance it is between piston and inletvalve as minimum over a cycle?
Second problm will then ofcourse be, how to re-time the camshaft when some mm are off the cylinderhead?
Are there any offsett woodruffs or similar? Or should I aim for a full sprocket tooth...
Its much written about tuing the Smart on the net, but I have found quite little about how to tune the internal of the engine, are there anything I have missed?
Thanks for any advice!
This because it will be run on 100% E85 only, so no knocking problem anymore.
On many engines, the valves will hit the piston if you mil off too much of the gasket face.
On the Smart, it seems quite OK, there is very vertical valves in combination with a big distance to the gasket face, and bowl in pistons too.
And there are no cut outs for the valves in the pistons.
Are there anyone who have tested how much distance it is between piston and inletvalve as minimum over a cycle?
Second problm will then ofcourse be, how to re-time the camshaft when some mm are off the cylinderhead?
Are there any offsett woodruffs or similar? Or should I aim for a full sprocket tooth...
Its much written about tuing the Smart on the net, but I have found quite little about how to tune the internal of the engine, are there anything I have missed?
Thanks for any advice!
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