SkyWriter Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 precision ethanol injection...http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18304/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denovae Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 precision ethanol injection...http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18304/interesting. i wonder if you could set up a second row of fairly small injectors at the port, run them on ethanol via DTEC or another fuel computer and get similar results instead of using the direct injection method. you'd probably have to run two fuel computers at the same time one for the normal gasoline and a second for the ethanol to make it work properly. It sounds a lot like alcy/water injection but isn't that typically done at the TB via a single nozzle? i think it would be a cool project to undertake and see the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorqueSteer Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Reminds me of propane injection, its nothing really new to us guys, but I guess to the common person who thinks that only a V8,V10, or V12 can deliver serious hp.There taking a small engine, boosting it, and then using knock reducing countermeasures, sounds real familiar I really like the idea of using ethanol in performance applications, if we actually had a station down here, id most likely do the conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLorence Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Nothing will beat two hamsters chasing each other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00STWAG1N Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Nothing will beat two hamsters chasing each other...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLorence Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 I drove a Tercel for two years (as a beater and work car, but it was in great cosmetic shape).. Leaky valve seals and had to change the plugs every 6 months..but that was it..I paid $300 in 2004, and sold the car for $400 in 2006..It was a great gas car, like 40 miles to the gallon little 3 speed (or was it four) and it loved oil...so much...I used to get tired from the oil smell coming into the car with the windows down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyWriter Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 interesting. i wonder if you could set up a second row of fairly small injectors at the port, run them on ethanol via DTEC or another fuel computer and get similar results instead of using the direct injection method.i expect the difference here (and it's generally true the MIT doesn't reinvent common technology) is that the ethanol must be introduced directly into the cylinder during the time when the intake port has closed and before the compression really cycle starts (it's gets hard to squeeze stuff intot he cylinder after that ). and if you view the multimedia portion of the article, this is exactly what's described. i should look through articles on the MIT industrial liaison program website..."But Cohn and his colleagues found that if ethanol is introduced into the combustion chamber at just the right moment through the relatively new technology of direct injection, it keeps the temperature down, preventing spontaneous combustion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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