CDI powerful multi-spark

[Fredrik Skog]

On Thu, 10 Dec 1998 xxalexx at ix.netcom.com wrote:

> > The energy delivered to the combustion chamber by even the most powerful
> > ignition system is insignificant compared to the energy produced by the A/F
> > charge burning.  Even if the spark were capable of pitting the piston,  the
> > sparking occurs while the piston is still relatively far from the top of its
> > stroke.  Remember that the spark gap is set to as wide a gap as possible and
> > still spark reliably.  The distance from the center electrode to the piston
> > is usually many times the gap width.
> > 
> I think the saab uses the piston as a electrode
> alex  

This was only in a test, never in a production motor. Guess they couldn't
get it to work properly.

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