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Originally Posted by bigscoot
I spoke to one of the teams who had a diesel in the competition last year and one of the things they wanted to add was something to warm the fuel. Do you think there is much advantage between heating the diesel vs the air?
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Heating the fuel has to do with getting it flowing easily, avoiding it to jellying. Heating the air intake reduces the time required to reach operational speeds right after the start-up.
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How does Mazda's lower compression centralize the ignition?
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It has something to do with the injector spraying pattern, and lower combustion temperatures resulting from the lower compression