Harry Ricardo Book Added to Drive
Added 2021-07-24 10:45:36 +0000 UTCI put the 1941 edition of "The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine" into Research Folder number one. The book is by Harry Ricardo and is quite important as it was the bible of piston engine design back then, and to a large extent still is today.
I'm using this book a bit in my explanation of fuel octane in WW2 airplanes.
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Hi Christoffer. Usually it was just a question of increasing the manifold pressure. In most cases that meant either spinning the turbocharger faster or on planes like the P-51 or Corsair, opening the throttle more. They usually put in a different type of spark plugs as well.
2021-10-01 09:05:35 +0000 UTCA followupp question about octane ratings. How much work was required to utilize the higer octane ratings in existing motors. could you change the motor depending on availability ?
2021-09-30 08:21:00 +0000 UTCYou say Harry Ricardo's book is on the drive. Where do I find the drive? Please point me in the right direction. Thanks!
2021-09-17 23:54:52 +0000 UTCThank you for the information. Is Methanol injection of any benefit to an turbocharged engine when rapid acceleration is required in a automotive application or would the time delay make it not beneficial to use.
David Stange Jr
2021-08-18 16:18:02 +0000 UTCHi David, Aviation 100 "Low Lead" has about 10x more lead than leaded auto gas, so in cars it tends to foul spark plugs like crazy.
2021-08-13 13:28:41 +0000 UTCI remember reading an article about the incompatibility of using high octane Aviation gasoline in a automobile engine do to its different composition and could not recall the full explanation why just wanted confirm if that was correct or not, thanks.
David Stange Jr
2021-08-12 14:36:59 +0000 UTCThat question will be answered via video in under two hours, but basically yes. Automotive ratings in the US are different and the composition of fuels are different. it's possible to have two very different gasoline, both with 100 octane.
2021-08-12 13:42:22 +0000 UTCI second this question.
Andrew MacDougall
2021-07-29 05:52:53 +0000 UTCIs high octane Av gas of different composition than auto fuel of the same octane rating?
David Stange Jr
2021-07-29 01:06:22 +0000 UTC