After having combustion on the mind for a short time again lead me into thinking about pistons and heat transfer and everything else involved. After reading and thinking, the heat distribution of a forged unit will be better than that of a cast unit. I am more interested in the Diesel piston...
I know there are a couple threads on this, however I know the reason mainly is to keep things from melting on high power production mills. However, I know the arguement on guys who favor the system and the ones who say you can't make power with water because you can't burn water. I had this...
I have been on the hunt for a buddy who runs truck pulls and was curious on what I could do to improve the burn cycle by engineering a performance fuel. I had seen Mr Primmer mentioning Acetone does help, however I believe it kind of dries out the Diesel fuel since it is a solvent. In turn...
Reading the Hot Vapor Engine Smokey engineered, not only here in threads, but, old issues of Popular Science magazines. The main objective seems to be fuel prep from the carburetor to the intake valve and continued in the combustion chamber like any other gasser. I see everyone mention, or more...
