not trailing plugs?
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Maybe, but there would be a lot uf unburned fuel if it did. Remember, the trailing plugs fire twice for every one time the leading plugs fire, so you'd be losing 2/3 of your combustion. It might run, but it might flood.
Why do you ask by the way?
Why do you ask by the way?
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Originally posted by 911GT2
Maybe, but there would be a lot uf unburned fuel if it did. Remember, the trailing plugs fire twice for every one time the leading plugs fire, so you'd be losing 2/3 of your combustion. It might run, but it might flood.
Why do you ask by the way?
Maybe, but there would be a lot uf unburned fuel if it did. Remember, the trailing plugs fire twice for every one time the leading plugs fire, so you'd be losing 2/3 of your combustion. It might run, but it might flood.
Why do you ask by the way?
So, this just gave me the thought what if I could hook up a relay, some extra coil packs and plugs installed in the exhaust, and switch. When the switch is off all would run normal. When the switch is on it would cut power to the trailing coils and instead power the coils which run the plugs in the exhaust. I figured that cutting the power to the trailing coils woud leave unburnt gas which would then go down the exhaust pipes hit the spark plug down stream in the exhaust and ignite it. Ultimately resulting in some REALLY big flames.
I didn't know the trailing plug fired twice for everytime the leading plug fired though. Would this work if power was cut to the leading instead of the trailing then?
I dont really intend on doing this though. I'm to affraid it will melt my bumper. Just got bored in class one day and started thinking aobut it, then started drawing some wiring diagrams and stuff. Just wondering if it would really work.
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Originally posted by 911GT2
Remember, the trailing plugs fire twice for every one time the leading plugs fire.
Remember, the trailing plugs fire twice for every one time the leading plugs fire.
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Originally posted by NewbernD
I don't think this is accurate. In every combuston event there is one fire from the leading and one fire from the trailing (unless you happen to have a MSD ignition..) Can you explain what you're talking about, please?
I don't think this is accurate. In every combuston event there is one fire from the leading and one fire from the trailing (unless you happen to have a MSD ignition..) Can you explain what you're talking about, please?
If you watch carefully, you'll see that the two trailings plugs both fire at the same time. But since the rotors are offset X degrees, the plugs don't fire at the same time for each rotor.
Basically, the trailing and leading plug on rotor 1 will fire, and at the same time the trailing plug for rotor 2 will fire, even though it has already passed the combustion phase. Then when rotor 2 gets back to combusiton phase, its leading and trailing will fire, but the trailing plug on rotor 1 will fire at the same time.
So for each respective rotor, it's L+T, T, L+T, T.. etc.(L= leading, T=trailing.)
The L+T of rotor 1 match up with the T from rotor 2. Lets see if this works.
Plugs Firing
Rotor 1-----L+T------T-------- L+T
Rotor 2 ------T------L+T------- T etc.
Get it?
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Originally posted by Zoomspeed
any more thoughts ont his guys?
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no, leading plugs fire at same time... and yes, twice
when you let off the gas pedal your spark plugs cut off anyways, only on automatics do they keep firing
your exhaust should be hot enough to ignite the fuel
when you let off the gas pedal your spark plugs cut off anyways, only on automatics do they keep firing
your exhaust should be hot enough to ignite the fuel
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Originally posted by 911GT2
Check out the "red and blue" videos on this page. http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/animations.html
Get it?
Check out the "red and blue" videos on this page. http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/animations.html
Get it?
See page G-19 of the FSM. So you've got it backwards.
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Originally posted by jwhite94RX7
Except that the trailing side plugs are the ones on top. See page G-19 of the FSM. So you've got it backwards.
Except that the trailing side plugs are the ones on top. See page G-19 of the FSM. So you've got it backwards.
Thanks.
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Yes, and no.
If we're counting times that the plug actually fires, then yes, the leading plugs fire twice as much.
If we're counting how many times the plugs fire and "contribute to ignition" then no. There is only one firing of leading and one firing of trailing that is significant to ignition.
So, as it applies to your original argument, you wouldn't lose 2/3 of your ignition. You wouldn't lose 1/2 or really even 1/3. More like 1/10.
If we're counting times that the plug actually fires, then yes, the leading plugs fire twice as much.
If we're counting how many times the plugs fire and "contribute to ignition" then no. There is only one firing of leading and one firing of trailing that is significant to ignition.
So, as it applies to your original argument, you wouldn't lose 2/3 of your ignition. You wouldn't lose 1/2 or really even 1/3. More like 1/10.
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Originally posted by Kento
You'll be spending an inordinate amount of money on rear bumpers....
You'll be spending an inordinate amount of money on rear bumpers....
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