Crankshaft offset

[Jim in Wisconsin]

I think I'll stick to just driving mine in the summer, and let the designing to you guys.

 

[JSeery]

Ford (including Henry himself) had some smart engineers working for them, they knew what they were doing.

 

[oldford2]

Well, this is very interesting data. I put it in my confuser and it said if I use 650/16's on the drivers side and 600/16's on the passenger side it will compensate for the crank offset and result in a smoother ride. So, I will give it a try. LOL John

 

[BillM]

A picture to illustrate the effect of the cylinder centerline offset in relation to the crankshaft center. TDC is when the crank center, the crank throw/rod big end, and the rod /wrist pin are all aligned. With no off set all are parallel with the cylinder centerline. With an offset the crank has to rotate to bring the three points in line and put the piston at TDC; and now the rod is at an angle in relation to the cylinder centerline.

 

[Bored&Stroked]

In addition, the crankshaft has to advance/rotate a few more degrees in order for the true TDC alignment to occur. TDC does not know HOW it got there - just that it did.

 

[Ol' Ron]

Yes I stayed out of this because it's a play on words. Hard to answer, and it's been done a few times before. Notice JWL and Walt didn bother to comment either and I still have that 10 foot pole.