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2 unusual facts about Stroke ratio


Stroke ratio

The 1968-1981 Buick 350 engine with a displacement of 349.3 cubic inches is another nearly square engine with a bore of 3.80 inches and a stroke of 3.85.

Škoda used square engines in some of their rear-engine models between 1964–1990, with a bore and stroke of 68mm and 72mm.


BRM P261

BRM had experimented with a four-valve-per-cylinder version of the engine, but this was abandoned in favour of the tried and trusted, oversquare (68.5 x 50.8 mm), fuel-injected, two-valve, quad-cam configuration.


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