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Get a copy of Tayloor's The Internal-combustion Engine in Theory and Practice. It details some of the changes necessary to run on gasoline (higher compression ratio and stronger components due to the higher maximum pressure and rate of pressure rise." Specifically, it states "The fact that...
Speaking of biofuels, the below is an important new development.
http://www.ecnmag.com/Technology-Achieves-Breakthrough-Efficiency-for-Ethanol-Engines-020609.aspx
To be clear, I did a google search for diesel pistons, all of the ones that I found had the divot. So, it isn't just the old engines. My point was that the MAN may not have been the first to think of the divot.
I disagree, it is certainly relevant IF that design feature is being credited as...
The cummins pistons that I have seen also have that "divot" in the middle. I looked through my late fifties/ early sixties motors book which is the same era as the multifuel and the early cummins have the divot, the detroit diesel has a divot, and the international diesel has a cup. It don't...
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