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Re: carnut00 post# 248

Sunday, 02/13/2005 1:36:08 AM

Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:36:08 AM

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Saab worked on a similar unit back in about 2000.

"The injector unit and spark plug are integrated into one unit known as the spark plug injector (SPI)."

http://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/A_0766/article.html

Here's a rather unique feature of what is part of their "Saab Combustion Control System".........."At low load, the spark is fired from the central electrode in the spark plug injector to a fixed earth electrode at a distance of 3.5 mm. At high load, the spark is fired somewhat later, and the gas density in the combustion chamber is then too high for the spark to bridge a gap of 3.5 mm. A pin on the piston is then used instead as the earth electrode." Don't that beat all????



I found the read rather interesting. Don't know how the concept ever panned out.









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