so i had a strange thought, and i don't have enough knowledge in this area to know how well it would work.

so you have a 4 cylinderengine, and for ease of calculations, let's say it has a 2" by 2" bore (or any combination that would make for easy calculations).

what would happen if you made 2 cylinders short stroke, and two long stroke? so then you'd have (really extreme here) 2 one inch stroke cylinders and 2 three inch stroke cylinders, with the bores compensated to make all the cylinders the same as far as volume.

biggest things i can think of would be tuning, as 2 cylinders would have higher compression. any other thoughts?

don't flame, i'm just throwin out a new (as far as i know) idea for engines...

 

Well its a big issue if your car is not within the 10-15% rating for compression. I think with the 2 different pistons then the others would throw off the idle, make it run not well, and it will put more stress on different parts of the engine and wont be balanced very well. The pistons weights will also throw off the balance of the engine. Thats what I think anyways.

 

this is possable... not the smartest thing but possable... you would need two different size injectors and 2 safc's... get the idea??? however you would need to keep the banks paired... ie 1,4 and 2,3, It will probally be stressfull on the crank

 

Ya got me all excited there for a minute. I thought this would be a discussion on stroker cranks for a 2.0 Neon engine.
I guess just throwing a 2.4 in would be the easy thing to do but I've wondered if anybody ever made a stroker kit for the 2.0.

 

howell automotive sells a 2.2 stroker short or long block... spendy as hell tho

 

Depends on you definition of spendy. Remaned stockers go for $2200.

 

yea, with no warranty

 

+ to reach 2.2 with the howell kit you have to overbore. so theres a little more cost than just the kit if you want the full 2.2

cheaper in most cases to just 2.4 swap it imo