I know of some experiments with GM 6.5TD diesel engines where lower thermostat setpoints were used to counteract higher EGTs. There are marine versions of this engine that have 160-degree thermostats, and several people installed these thermostats in trucks.
I was told this was a bad idea...
Doesn't look to me like there's side-loading on the pistons at all -- the interior of the skirts rides on the outer races of the large roller followers...
I can see several problems:
First is the very large mass of the pistons in this design, due to the heavy bearings that communicate the...
Not sure I understand exactly what you're thinking here -- seems like several different kinds of fuel system being mixed up...
If I understand correctly, you want something that:
1. Provides appropriately metered fuel and air to the intake ports on a V-8 engine;
2. Has the *appearance* of a...
Much as I hate to say it, we may never know the actual 'longevity' of most turbocharged air engines *in that service.*
There are mandated rebuilds (e.g. TBOs) at specified engine-time intervals which are well short of the effective hours-of-operation equivalents for the mileages being...
Yah. But for a very specific purpose: short-term boost to allow better NA engine speed change under load.
As a supercharger, this idea suffers from the same problem as electrically-driven superchargers in general -- very high currents are required for the desired hp. of boost. The efficiency...
This may be simplistic, but what happens when you VARY the load and adjust motor for constant speed?
If you don't have access to a brake dyno of appropriate size and characteristics, you might want to gin something up that can be continuously adjusted in small, measurable increments. Then...
At first guess, a 2MW genset using a single engine would be up in the range of EMD power.
Belt drive to fans with these engines can be tricky. Most locomotives I've seen use electric fan drive (the fans are remote from the engine, and operate in a different plane). One locomotive (a Baldwin...
Take a look at the BMW Valvetronic actuation mechanism. You might, in fact, be able to adapt some of these parts to your specific application.
A shifting-cam approach, although involving much more initial complexity in cam design and grinding, does allow the exhaust-cam optimization to follow...
Could be either. Just another reason for careful reading and research!
If you have a critical mixture going into the cylinders -- e.g., just lean enough for stoichiometry -- and the spark lights it, you get detonation. (That counts as ping!) (Any leaner, and the engine won't run...)
If you...
I agree with Pat about in-depth searches -- but, in brief:
Thermodynamically, the power from a given mass of fuel is related to its phase (e.g., gas vs liquid) and to the energy release from oxidizing reactions (breaking of chemical bonds in the fuel, and making of bonds between fuel elements...
I'm also with Pat and Retracnic.
The whole point of the system that "carburetes" the LPG on your vehicle is to mix the (cold) LPG with air correctly, and raise its temperature for clean vaporization. A fairly 'cheap' way to get intake-charge cooling on acceleration might be to...
Seems to me that the 'cheap MPG gauges' are vacuum gauges. You may recall that we're talking about diesels. Compression-ignition engines do not have manifold vacuum correlated with fuel consumption... in fact, shouldn't have manifold vacuum at all ;-}
Also remember that the compression for...
