At 09:56 PM 9/17/2007, Michael Elliott wrote... >B-but if the injectors all fire together, then 3 times out of four >each >injector is looking at a closed valve? If so, does that fine cloud of >gasoline sorta float about waiting for the valve to open the fourth >time? I'm sure there are SAE papers describing exactly what happens. I also suspect that the gasses are much more turbulent than you're thinking. What do you suppose happens in a carburated engine to the air/fuel mix while it waits for a valve to open? Why would a FI engine be any different? |
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