COMPRESSION RATIO CALCULATOR
Input Type:

Cylinder Bore (inches)
Cranshaft Stroke (inches)
Piston Deck Clearance (inches) (Enter - if deck is proud)
# Cylinders
Head CC
Distance From Top of Top Ring Groove to Deck of Piston (inches)
Degrees Top Land is Tapered (if not tapered leave blank..do not enter 0)
Gasket Thickness* (inches)
Compression Ratio Desired
(* if you know gasket volume enter a number which will give correct cc in "gasket volume" box below)

   

Cubic Inches
Liters
Deck Volume
Net Dome CC Needed
Gasket Volume





POPULAR RACING FORMULAS
Engine Cubic Inches = Bore (in.) X Bore (in.) X Stroke (in.) X number of Cylinders X .7854

Engine Cubic Liters = Bore (mm) X Bore (mm) X Stroke (mm) X Number of Cylinders X .7854

Find the Stroke When The Bore And Cubic Inches Is Known:
Cubic Inches or Liters ÷ Bore ÷ Bore ÷ .7854 ÷ # of Cylinders
Example: Chevy 350
350 ÷ 4.000 = 87.5 ÷ 4.000 = 21.875 ÷ .7854 = 27.852 ÷ 8 = 3.482

Find the Bore When The Stroke And Cubic Inches is Known:
Cubic Inches or Liters ÷ Stroke ÷ .7854 ÷ # of Cylinders then find Square Root of This Answer
Example: Chevy 350
350 ÷ 3.480 = 100.575 ÷ .7854 = 128.056 ÷ 8 = 16.007
Look up 16 on the Square Root Table below and the Square Root is 4.000


SQUARE ROOT TABLE:
No.Sq. RootNo.Sq. RootNo.Sq. RootNo.Sq. Root
11.000103.162194.359285.292
21.414113.317204.472295.385
31.732123.464214.583305.477
42.000133.606224.690315.568
52.236143.742234.796325.657
62.449153.873244.899335.745
72.646164.000255.000345.831
82.828174.123265.099355.916
93.000184.243275.196366.000

Head Gasket Volume = Gasket Bore (in.) X Gasket Bore (in.) X 12.87 X Compressed Gasket Thickness = gasket volume in CCs. Note : gasket bore diameters are usually about .060 larger than the cylinder bore diameter.

Deck Volume = Bore Diameter X Bore Diameter X Deck Height X 12.87 = Deck Volume in CCs.

CONVERSIONS:
1 Cubic Inch = 16.38 CCs
Cubic Inches to CCs = Cubic Inches X 16.38
Cubic Inches to Liters = Cubic Inches X .01638
CCs to Cubic Inches = CCs divided by 16.38
Liters to Cubic Inches = Liters divided by .01638