In a message dated 5/13/99 6:48:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tob@taltec.net
writes:
<< anybody ever think about making this into an engine? It would be kinda nice
to adjust your compression depending on gas
prices\performance\relaibility..... very intresting stuff. or maybe on
future engines, have the whole setup automatic, so you cant destroy your
engine even trying to make it knock. I always wanted to be an auto
engineer..... >>
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Cadillac tried it (sort of) with the 8/6/4 that dropped cylinders as load
decreased. It didn't work.
I believe there are currently computer controlled engines that vary the
ignition timing when knock is detected. There is no need to vary the
displacement when knocking can be controlled by timing, a much simpler
approach.
Allen Hefner
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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