DFI was RE: Orbital

[James Northrup]

my pop knows a fellow in or around ypsi michigan whose father succeeded in
putting together a small block chevy that ran on coal dust and methanol, got
50+ mpg, and pushed 540 horses on the dyno.

the man is in his 60's now, his father, the engineer, had it tested and
examined by GM, who said, "that's nice".

the interesting feature of the motor was that it ran on glow plugs with
direct fuel injection much like a diesel, as I understand it.  Oil was
metered into the valve as part of the fuel squirt, fuel would ride along and
be pushed into the cylinder by an oil-filled diaphragm.

the man won't sell the motor, he's got no interest in proving anything to
the world as i understand it.

interesting tidbit.  take it for entertainment value.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-diy_efi at diy-efi.org [mailto:owner-diy_efi at diy-efi.org]On
Behalf Of Daniel
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:31 AM
To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
Subject: Orbital


WOW  , when I was there it was a defunct unit , I think there was still one
left on display near engine assy.
So I never got to play with one , the fuel injection stuff and getting the 3
Cyl to last was interesting though.

Daniel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Felsche" <bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: wide band O2 senso and Bosch questions


> Daniel tapped away at the keyboard with:
>
> > Bernd  did you used to work there as well ?
> >
> > Daniel
>
> At Orbital; many moons ago. On an actual orbital engine.
>

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