Comment on Form over function

umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• klay1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  only the top is in the burning chamber. The paint will cause friction when the piston should roll veeeery smoothly over the crank and when moving upside down in the cylinder. There are plenty of engine in these areas even without paint.

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• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The real problem would be getting them into the block.

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• marcos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It would either be impossible to assemble or lose 90% of its efficiency in a few cycles after the paint goes away.

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