Plasma Jet Ignitition

Bill Bradley senator at ugcs.caltech.edu
Thu Feb 25 02:11:07 GMT 1999


> Just a thought.... why not add a small HV capacitor in parallel with a non
> resistor plug (using  a low inductance path) and switch the ignition wires
> to solid conductor types. When the normal ignition system fires the HV cap
> would charge 'slowly' to the breakdown voltage of the gap and dump its
> charge really quickly. The speed at which we could dump the charge through
> the plug would not be limited by the inductance of the spark plug wires
> or the leakage inductance of the ignition coils.

	They're called Nology wires.  All they did was put the capacitor
right at the plug with a grounding strip.  I've read mixed reviews, but never
seen any dyno numbers to back up any performance claims.

	Bill




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