York Compressor - No such thing as 10" stroke

York Compressor - No such thing as 10\" stroke

I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately, and I think I've finally come up with the answer...

What I was thinking was, "Hmmm - 10 inch stroke? That's HUGE! That's RIDICULOUS! I mean, a small block Chevy has a 3.5" stroke!"

I have a York and have had it pumping away under the hood for 4 years. I surf-fish every weekend, so my tires are up and down constantly. Anyway, I doubt my whole compressor is 10" long, or just barely that. A 10" stroke would require a 5" throw on the rod journal, a crankcase for the compressor like 12" in diameter, with a 10" cylinder on top of that - that would be 22" long! You would never get that under the hood!

My compressor, which pumps it's ass off, probably has like a 2" stroke judging by the size of it. So what's up? Well, that other website that was posted solved the puzzle for me...

Guys - it's 10 CUBIC INCHES DISPLACEMENT, not stroke... Go to the site and check it out, and think about what you are saying. I had a phone call with ozarkjeep a few weeks ago and I was referring to this stuff with stroke lengths and all, and then when I got off the phone, I was like, Hmmm - that CAN't be right!

Oh Man, CJDave is going to LOOOOOOOVE this - Dave - I expect no less than a post describing some monster Cat diesel with a 10" stroke or something! - Chuck

http://www.onboardair.com/york_id.html

Chuck Hadley