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Originally posted by Terry Haines:
Piston 'speed' is a crital factor,its not related to revs but to stroke as you know.Example small bore long stroke has more piston problems than 'oversquare' motors.



Longer rods do affect piston speed. Mean piston speed is conserved, as it must be, but piston speeds throughout the stroke are changed by longer rods. Max piston acceleration is reduced with longer rods.

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