[Vwdiesel] injectors

[Mark Shepherd]

Of course not all of us choose to live in the freezer compartment of the
world; and I like to live in the warmer parts where the...
 where the... maggots grow? Oh well maybe not :o)

So where's the Inuit web cam site for all these races then?

Back on topic ...I'm sure I read somewhere about over agitating etc being
detrimental...
H'mm... [rotweiller retreats for now]
Don't suppose you havea 4 cylinder crank and a hammer  and a tuning fork
handy do you? to find the resonant frequency of  the same...
Miser


Hey I don't like this diesel bounces thing I'm not the enemy!!!

James says...
Well, I find that it starts better with higher break pressures.
Perception of power, economy, all seem not to be effected, but I will
guarantee you, my cars will be the last ones to not start in the cold. Real
cold, like -40 and below, not plugged in etc.

The progression of the flame front proceeds at the rate of oxidation
reaction, atomization has not too much to do with it.  Better atomization
is
only better to a point, since the fuel is essentially injected from a point
source, and displaces the available oxygen as it is injected.  You can get
it a tad faster with compression (early timing equals more compression
sooner, hence hotter).  The fire only burns so quickly, as the oxygen
needed
is surrounding the cloud of unburned fuel droplets.  The fuel burns at the
oxygen/fuel interface. Like any chemical reaction, it will speed up when
hotter, and turbulence will also speed this up, so a good swirl from
induction path coupled with a direct injection should hasten this, and
enhance power.

Multistage injection sort of creates it's own turbulence from more
convection within the air charge spreading the fuel cloud around, and it's
hotter, hence a faster reaction when the subsequent pulses are injected.
Instead of one big fire, that is a huge cloud of fuel burning steadily
inward to the center (and very hotly), you get two or more injection events
that get a compression rise initially, so the subsequent injection events
use more of the available oxygen in the cylinder, with a lower egt, less
nitrogen emissions.  Same amount of fuel injected in one pulse gets much
higher emissions and egt.

Parasitic losses are a factor, yes.  I have done this on everything from a
nearly worn out Jetta1.6td  to a 97 1.9td. the car ran better in both
cases.