alternative engines, now Hemi

Gary Derian gderian at oh.verio.com
Thu May 27 03:25:30 GMT 1999


No.  The fuel characteristics of gasoline are all wrong for compression
ignition.

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>

> > drove off... about a block later, heard a large BOOM and he was at the
side
> > of the road with lots of smoke...  Opened the hood and it appeared to
have
> > sheared the head bolts... head was about 1/4" above the block!)
>
>
> Yeah, but isn't that because the injection system is tuned for diesel?
> Couldn't injecting gasoline still work if the injection system was
calibrated
> for gasoline?  i.e. maybe inject it at a slower rate?





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