And for our Next Trick ... How 'bout a diyTrionic?

[garfield at pilgrimhouse.com]

On Mon, 4 May 1998 19:40:10 -0700, "Robert Harris"
<bob at bobthecomputerguy.com> wrote:

>Properly done, ION can work on everything from a lawnmower to a Multi-staged
>turbo intercooled alcohol fueled road rocket without any basic changes or
>tuning.  It simply must detect the knock related ionization event - which
>incidentally will cause a low voltage dc conduction across the spark gap.
>Simple.  Non computerized, wazoo ized and eminently doable without anything
>even approaching a DSP.

Thas our baby. Ain't she a beaut!? Now if we can just coax her outta the
womb.

There's an interesting comment in the Saab book that this technique is
"even adaptable to different fuel additives", which seems to support
Robert's comment above about Alky.

Go ION!

Gar