On 06/17/2016 06:00 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
At 60 mph, I think engines run at about 2500 rpm. A single piston
stroke with a 6-cylinder engine running at 2500 rpm would consume . .
. ummm . . .1.71 MJ / 15,000 = 114 joules. Right? That takes only
0.0002 s to burn?
For sure -- at least, in some cars.
Had an old Chevy Impala, many years ago, that didn't have any truck with
this "fast burn" business -- it was "detonation or nothing!" It sounded
like somebody was frying marbles in it if you hit the gas while it was
going uphill.
:-)
