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Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave
There are a wide variety of piston bowl shapes, but it you put that thing in a diesel it would smoke like a chimney.
In a direct injection gasoline engine the fuel is injected a long way before top dead center, with the goal being to vaporize and mix the fuel before ignition. In a diesel the piston bowl distributes the burning fuel plume. For this reason, a gas direct injection injector is pointed almost directly downward. A diesel injector is typically more horizontal than vertical, because the fuel in injected near TDC and the shape of the piston spreads out the fuel to mix with the air.
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There already have been motors that had multiple injectors on the same cylinder. Perhaps (2) for each, 2 fuel tanks and an MIT concept to improve performance and emissions on diesel engines -> E85 injection
If the vehicle had sensors to know what type of fuel was in the tank it could ration and time it appropriately. Gas, ethanol + diesel mixes operate much like plain diesel with no plug but they require multiple rationed firing events per stroke.
Develope a spark plug or ignition system that can tolerate detonation inside a diesel and a true CNG/Diesel or true e85/diesel motor is possible, then we just need to get rid of pesky emissions BS and get it more standardized.
Oh and I wouldn't mind controlled water injection either but I digress.
So many possibilities, so little capital
