DIS Explainations

[John Hess]

Actually, you can have a spark in a vacuum!

At 09:02 PM 3/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On these waste spark ignitions I've heard all kinds of explainations
>for how they work, and the best logical one I've heard is that the
>one cylinder at overlap doesn't fire because it's still surrounded
>by exhaust gases.  But, as you retard the timing you get to the
>stage that there is enought intake valve opening that it can light, that
>cylinders mixture.  Soo given enough cam timing, or boost then you
>can have a problem.  Or run a 0 overlap cam if running a turbo/
>supercharger, to avoid this.
>  For there to be a spark there first has to be a path of ionized gas
>right???..  Or can you have a spark in  an environment of inert gas?? Bruce
>Slippery slopes, are those the sides of a Cone Shaped Hat?
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