Re: Historic gasoline prices, 1965-1978

You're right. Consistently there has been a problem with descriptions
because the engine is so different. Walter tries to use common terms that
people can relate to, though the function is arrived at differently. And he
knows all the words much better than I do. For example, I don't know if
"super-charged" is really the correct term for using oxygen enriched air.
And two cylinders are not cylinders, but a single divided chamber with a
fixed piston on each end.

Lots of words, and lots of parts/functions have had to be invented along
with the technology.

The carburetor will have a variable fuel to oxygen ration, but the engine
will probably still need more than one gear, especially for an 18 wheeler.

Tina


"Elmo" <DoNoSpam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Doug Miller wrote:
> > In article <3mjk3eF16sj86U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hinz
<DaveHinz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:35:59 -0800, Christina Peterson
<tinapetrsn@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>Yup, it's a whole new deal. The variable compression ratio carburetor
is an
> >>>adjustment on this specific engine, and would not work on a standard
engine.
> >>
> >>Sorry, but a magic carb isn't going to get you more chemical energy than
> >>the gasoline can deliver. If there was significant unused chemical
> >>energy in modern engines, then the emissions would contain compounds
> >>which would reflect that. They don't. Having a patent doesn't mean
> >>that the technology is valid.
> >
> >
> > The problem is even more basic than that. A "variable compression ratio
> > carburetor" is absolute nonsense. Carburetors control the fuel-air
ratio. They
> > have *nothing* to do with compression ratio.
> >
>
> No argument there, but when you're dealing with a fixed-piston engine (I
think
> that's what it said) it's a fair bet that none of the other words mean
what most
> people think they mean.
>
> 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it
means
> just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' -- Through the
Looking Glass
>
>
> --
> "The career politicians are keeping the elevator at the penthouse
> floor and not sending it down for the rest of us." - Kinky Friedman


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