[Gmecm] Re: direct injection

[William Lucke]

I have heard of pre-chambers, although I've never seen pictures or 
examples of real ones, just conceptual diagrams.

The new Solstice turbo will have direct injection. Anyone want to take a 
stab at that software?


Will


> From: Jared Ryan <jryan at caminofx.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gmecm] Re: injection acronyms, injector placement
> 
> Many Diesel engines have a "prechamber" separate from the main 
> combustion chamber into which the fuel is injected.  This is most 
> common on small automotive-type engines.  The VW TDI (Turbo Direct 
> Injection) Diesel is unusual in that it is very small and has direct 
> injection
> 
>   ---> Jared Ryan <---
> jryan at caminofx.org | http://www.caminofx.org
> 
> On May 13, 2006, at 9:22 PM, William Lucke wrote:
> 
>> I've never heard of a diesel that didn't have direct injection... I 
>> thought that was a staple of diesel operation in order to ensure that 
>> the combustion event occured at the proper time... like spark timing 
>> on a spark ignition engine. Which ones weren't direct?