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<DIV><FONT size=2>That's exactly what does happen, because ignition is
anything from 10 degrees upwards BTDC. It's a trade-off between how much
power you lose by too much of the fuel burning while the piston is still coming
up - over advanced, against how much you lose with fuel still burning far into
the expansion stroke - retarded. There is a sweet-spot, but that
continually changes with rpm and throttle opening, which is why we have
centrifugal and vacuum advance. Centrifugal increases the advance as the
rpm increases and the likelihood of detonation decreases, vacuum advance
backs off the timing as the throttle is opened and more mixture goes into the
cylinder giving higher cylinder pressures, which increases the likelihood of
detonation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Well, it seems to me that if you advance
the spark to a point on the compression stroke where the piston is still
coming up, the expanding ignited mixture would be fighting the piston, and it
would actually reduce power. I’m not sure if that is what you are talking
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