Now, about the vacuum... your right! But sparking is at 86 degrees
from TDC.
O well.. MERRY CHRISTMAS! and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
v/r Ken Carrigan
>At 11:49 AM 12-25-98 -0500, Ken wrote:
>>Norm,
>>No tangents.... think about it... 86 degress TDC a spark!!!!
>>That is when the piston is at the bottom of the cylinder!
>>If you then 'ignite' the volume... it just may 'implode' ..
>>creating a huge vacuum... to suck UP the piston rather than
>>an 'explosion'.
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>Wait.... 86 degrees (before) TDC (top dead center) isn't
>"when the piston is at the bottom of the cylinder" (BDC).
>
>Instead, it's slightly after half-way up, when the crank is
>at right angles to piston travel.
>
>Perhaps a (chemical?) reaction is occurring that requires a
>spark and /a delay/ -- to give actual detonation near TDC ???
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>--Bill
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