Plasma Jet Ignitition

[Bruce Plecan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bradley <senator at ugcs.caltech.edu>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: Plasma Jet Ignitition

Circle Track did an article several years ago, and did not mention brands,
but one set
was very expensive, and required grounding, no HP gain, and there may have
been a
slight lose.
Bruce


>> 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
>