[Land-speed] A question for the list.

[Mike Brakel]

I just read an article about direct injection in Motorcyclist magazine.
Here's a link to the article:
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/columns/122_1304_trickle_down_tec
h_from_cars/


Mike Brakel
80 Theory



> -----Original Message-----
> From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Neil Albaugh
> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:30 AM
> To: Bryan Savage; List Land Speed
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] A question for the list.
> 
> Bryan;
> 
> My Buick Lacrosse has direct injection but I don't know what its
compression
> ratio is.
> 
> Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Savage
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 3:25 PM
> To: List Land Speed
> Subject: [Land-speed] A question for the list.
> 
> Here is a nice off the wall question for the list.
> 
> A few recent engines have 13 to 1 compression ratios and burn 87 octane
> unleaded gasolinewithout pinging or detonation. One is also
> turbocharged(possiable memory failure here.) They have what I believe is
> called direct or solid injection where the fuel is sprayed into the
combustion
> chamber not the intake port.
> The only way I can see this working is if the fuel is ignited by the spark
plug as
> it is sprayed into the combustion chamber. This would prevent
> combustionable fuel from reaching End Gas areas of the combustion
> chamber where it can detonate.
> 
> So my question is, what have I got screwed up????  Anything ---
> everything????
> 
> Thanks folks,
> Bryan Savage
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