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Surface to volume ratio and its affect on thermal effecency
I know that reducing the surface to volume ratio in an internal combustion engine means that less heat is lost through the cylinder walls, but how much would it affect it, say everything else (CR, ignition timing, air to fuel ratio) being the same how much would my thermal effecency increase if I could reduce the surface area by say 15%? Is there any good formula for this?
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