Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.165.140] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.3c1) with HTTP id 727817 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:34:51 -0500 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: EGT's on O-360 To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.3c1 Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:34:51 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "George Braly" : 1) If you advance the timing, the EGTS will drop. 2) If hold the spark initiation timing event to a constant value, and you use a spark source that provides a more consistent and quicker formation of the flame kernel, the EGTs will drop slightly. 3) If you use a “standard” ignition source, but advance the timing slightly, you get exactly the same combustion event with the same horsepower and the same peak pressure and the same Theta-pp, as you get with item 2), above. It is fundamentally simple. That is all there is to it. Regards, George