I'm thinkin' he's thinkin' of gasoline injected engines. Ken Quoting Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > " From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> > " > " A: Why are the injectors screwed into the intake and not the head then? > > on a diesel?!? since the fuel is ignited by the compression of the > air in the cylinder, how do they avoid premature ignition if it's > injected through the intake valve during the intake stroke? and it > would make the phrase 'injection timing' meaningless. > > i'm assuming the valve isn't cracked open near tdc for the injection, > also incidentally venting compression pressure into the intake. > > i don't see any way this could work. you have to inject the fuel near > tdc on the compression stroke, when the valves are closed. > > the only indirect injection i've ever heard of uses a prechamber in > the cylinder head that the injector and glow plug [if any] project > into. > > it's possible that the geometry of the head and packaging factors > could have the injector mounted on the intake, but it'd still have > to inject into the cylinder or a prechamber, not the port. > > " From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker) > " > " " From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> > " " > " " It's called indirect injection and quite few older engines worked that > way, > " " including the IH 7.3L used in Fords and the Nissan 3.3 in Jeep trucks. > " > " indirect injection does not work through the intake port. it is true > " that many truck and all sub-truck diesels are or were idi; i forgot to > " add that in addition to scaling down, they're also generally more > " rpm-flexible than direct injection, though computer control is erasing > " that. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list