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      09-28-2013, 03:00 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by Boss330 View Post
If you are looking for a engine that could be compared with the 458 engine I suspect it won't be easy to find anything comparable with a long stroke... It revs to 9000rpm. With a long stroke engine the piston speeds would be astronomical...
And? The original hypothesis was that for a given displacement a longer stroke yields more torque. No one said anything about an RPM limitation on that claim. If the long stroke ultimately limits the engine in ways that keep it from being physically capable of making as much torque as an engine with the shorter stroke then we simply conclude the original hypothesis is invalid and move on.

Edit: Retracted one statement because I thought it over and felt it was a low blow.
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