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Slow moving engines

Post by housil » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:53 am

We had a "discussion" about different types of spark plugs.

We found some American made Gentas, designed for slow moving engines.

What exactly (!) mean this?!?!

Slow moving of what?
The whole vehicle?
The crank?
The ignitions speed of the fuel/air mix?
The...

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Re: Slow moving engines

Post by dirtbag » Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:14 pm

Turn up the sound...
http://www.rustyiron.com/engines/stable ... movie.html
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Re: Slow moving engines

Post by ak70g2 » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:15 pm

Housil, I think these sparks are for this kind of engines:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wärtsilä-Sulzer_RTA96-C
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Re: Slow moving engines

Post by Big Galloot » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:37 pm

Spark plugs for a diesel?
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Re: Slow moving engines

Post by Cracker » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:39 pm

Diesels don't use sparkplugs, only glowplugs :D
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