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Old 02-09-2011, 11:17 AM   #78 (permalink)
Odin
dude...wait...what?
 
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Diesel Rx-7 - '82 Mazda Rx-7 GSL

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diesel isn't "detonating" by definition i used the wrong word i should have said autoignition like darcane said diesel is igniting spontaneously but is a controlled burn just like gasoline diesel is just being ignited by heat of comp not spark- gas burns quicker too

one thing i think you are forgetting diesel is injected at very very very high pressure which is one of the reasons it burns the way it does (in my benz its 5500psi) it only gives off a clean and controlled burn under these pressures because its atomized into a super fine mist if you just shot it in with the intake you would not get the same results
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