Why run it hot?

[jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us]

The entire point of burning fuel is to make hot gasses.  
The hotter the better up the the limits of the materials 
you have to work with.  If you can maintain the gasses at 
higher temperature, you can get extract more energy from 
the combustion, at the same time reducing the load on the 
cooling system.  

john carroll

---------------Original Message---------------

A lot of traffic relating to ceramics/keeping exhaust hot 
has been 
passing through...  Why would I want to do this?  Is it 
just for 
TurboCharging, or is it useful in other respects?I thought 
gas blew up 
best when cold... enlighten me f I'm wrong.

TIA,


                Thor Johnson
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jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us
 09/16/96 16:56:15