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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:20:55 -0300
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: digifant injection
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <m1eiw56xl3.fsf@cs.indiana.edu>
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At 10:50 PM 4/6/2009, Allan Streib wrote:
> From what I read it seems that all 4 injectors fire together, which
>confuses me -- I would have guessed that each injector fired just as the
>intake stroke was starting for that cylinder.  Does the fuel vapor just
>sort of accumulate behind the intake valve until the intake stroke for
>that cylinder?  Surely 3/4 of the injection cycles are not "wasted"
>fuel??


Digifant and Digijet both, as well as L-Jetronic which the Digis are
related to.  Others as well, I think; I think it's only recently that
they've started doing sequential injection.




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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
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