General Rotary Tech Support Use this forum for tech questions not specific to a certain model year
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: CARiD

detonation

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Nov 30, 2001 | 08:51 AM
  #1  
wai's Avatar
wai
Thread Starter
RX7 club knows about you
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 201
Likes: 0
From: Honolulu Hawaii <--> Hong Kong
detonation

what cause it , and can you feel that when you driving?
Reply
Old Dec 2, 2001 | 11:34 PM
  #2  
tims's Avatar
Rotary Enthusiast
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,289
Likes: 0
From: North Hollywood, Ca USA
detonation is the premature cumbustion of the air fuel charge. the air fuel charge in the combustion chamber ignites before the spark plug fires. this can cause apex seal failure, damage to rotor housings, damaged end plates, rotor damage. on the turbo motors it can be caused high air intake temps, boost creep, carbon build up, and advanced timing under boost. most of the time it cannot be heard by the driver and if it can be it will sound kind of like a rattling noise.
Reply
Old Dec 3, 2001 | 02:35 AM
  #3  
HWO's Avatar
HWO
inteligent extratarestril
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,313
Likes: 0
From: The Sunny B.O.P, New Zealand
No, That is actually Pre Ignition.\

Detonation is when combustion occurs at the right time but instead of being a controlled burn, it pretty much explodes in an uncontrolled manor, the only thing controlled about it is when the spark sets it off.
Reply
Old Dec 3, 2001 | 05:19 AM
  #4  
goes-hmmm's Avatar
Junior Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
From: Tulsa, Oklahoma
http://zhome.com/ZCMnL/PICS/detonation/detonation.html

See above link for more information. I could tell you more specific rotary engine information but I'm out of time, shift is almost over.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Th0m4s
Build Threads
25
Feb 26, 2019 02:04 AM
Howard Coleman
The Good Businesses
2
Sep 15, 2015 10:31 AM
msilvia
3rd Generation Specific (1993-2002)
15
Sep 11, 2015 12:13 PM
A-Spec
General Rotary Tech Support
9
Mar 15, 2002 03:52 AM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:01 PM.