Re: Plasma Ignition the Ultimate Ignition upgrade?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:54 pm
I have no reference to that but I have read it somewhere they where experimenting with a lot of fuel saving technology. I know plasma jet ignitions for aircraft and that might be something else.
The link you posted seems to be just another "snake oil" thing. I have not read it but to me it looks like normal plasma ignition. It's not violating the law of physics, it's just another way of distributing power. As you know, power is U * I. By combining a high voltage and low current spark that triggers a low voltage and high current spark you can use the same power to create a much bigger spark. A CDI is using a high voltage capacitor to enhance the regular spark and that is less efficient. Look at the pictures, a "crocodile" is attached to the plug tip which is adding a low voltage current. Once the high voltage spark is trigged, BANG, the current will flow in the same path thru the air.
The reason I say "snake oil" is because it's not working, at least not on new cars. The examples shows an old Volkswagen "Beetle" that is probably already warned out and inefficient.
The link you posted seems to be just another "snake oil" thing. I have not read it but to me it looks like normal plasma ignition. It's not violating the law of physics, it's just another way of distributing power. As you know, power is U * I. By combining a high voltage and low current spark that triggers a low voltage and high current spark you can use the same power to create a much bigger spark. A CDI is using a high voltage capacitor to enhance the regular spark and that is less efficient. Look at the pictures, a "crocodile" is attached to the plug tip which is adding a low voltage current. Once the high voltage spark is trigged, BANG, the current will flow in the same path thru the air.
The reason I say "snake oil" is because it's not working, at least not on new cars. The examples shows an old Volkswagen "Beetle" that is probably already warned out and inefficient.