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Mixtures burn, they don’t explode. Consequently having a single spark plug over a very broad pistion crown means that the mixture at the edges of the piston are the last to ignite.

Various shaped piston crowns and squish chambers try to overcome this by swirling the mixture and encouraging a full and complete burn, hence more efficient.

I can’t see how this device helps spread the ignition of the gases further or quicker as the spark remains in almost exactly the same place despite the ‘pre combustion chamber’

Now, IMHO twin plugging a tonti is the way to go to get a more efficient burn

I do however want to be wrong on this as it’s an Englishman who invented it

Edited by Oldrat - 28 Dec 2017 at 19:37
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I'd like to think they are great, we need something to sell to the rest of the world. They can't be any more useless than the Spitfire thing you put in the HT lead, or the bits of lead to put in your tank!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Brian UK Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Dec 2017 at 22:30
Something in the back of my memory tells me this idea came out at least 50 years ago. Never caught on then.
If you think about this, the spark will ignite the small charge of mixture inside that cap. It then will progress through those little holes and into the remainder of the combustion chamber. This has got to delay things.
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Impressive knowledge Brian.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote V7Chris Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 08:25
Originally posted by Simon_London Simon_London wrote:

Impressive knowledge Brian.

Indeed! How on earth do you remember all this information Brian? I find these days that I have to forget something to make room in my tiny mind to learn something new, only the other day, I forgot how to wash up and so had to leave my dirty coffee mug in the sink for my wife to wash up...As far as the plasma plug is concerned, it won't work. If out did, Honda would have been fitting them as standard for years to their bike and cars.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Brian UK Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 10:27
I remembered seeing something way back, the rest is down to Mr Google helping.
 
Can't remember what I did yesterday of course.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote c13pep Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 11:07
The logic of this idea seems to be sound and I can see its appeal but not at £120, however the possibility of reduced exhaust gas temperature especially for the V50s etc. could mean no more petrol additives. Now that`s a thought!!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jpc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 11:09
The Pulse-Jet sparkplug gizmo is not very convincing (as stated above), but it steered me to this


Really for curiosity's sake, but much more convincing.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iansoady Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 11:15
That looks a bit like the old diesel indirect injection system (although of course diesels don't have spark plugs.....)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jpc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 11:37
It's hard to imagine how masking the spark in a perforated chamber is going to help or speed up

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A bottle of red and some cheese always helps, it may not solve the problem but it certainly makes it less important!!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nab301 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2017 at 15:43
Originally posted by c13pep c13pep wrote:

The logic of this idea seems to be sound and I can see its appeal but not at £120, 
CHRIS

Plenty of happy people on BMW oilhead (2 valve) forums  ,   maybe a bit of crowd funding with a before and after dyno run and fuel consumption  test would  be the way to go !!!!
 


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Originally posted by c13pep c13pep wrote:

The logic of this idea seems to be sound and I can see its appeal but not at £120

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