video from inside an engine
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video from inside an engine
actual video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=73e_1192001762
pretty cool stuff
EDIT: graphic and description: and here's a good description of what you're seeing
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm
pretty cool stuff
EDIT: graphic and description: and here's a good description of what you're seeing
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm
- The piston starts at the top, the intake valve opens, and the piston moves down to let the engine take in a cylinder-full of air and gasoline. This is the intake stroke. Only the tiniest drop of gasoline needs to be mixed into the air for this to work. (Part 1 of the figure)
- Then the piston moves back up to compress this fuel/air mixture. Compression makes the explosion more powerful. (Part 2 of the figure)
- When the piston reaches the top of its stroke, the spark plug emits a spark to ignite the gasoline. The gasoline charge in the cylinder explodes, driving the piston down. (Part 3 of the figure)
- Once the piston hits the bottom of its stroke, the exhaust valve opens and the exhaust leaves the cylinder to go out the tailpipe. (Part 4 of the figure)
Last edited by tomtoc; Oct 10, 2007 at 10:16 AM.
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Originally Posted by tomtoc
The piston starts at the top, the intake valve opens, and the piston moves down to let the engine take in a cylinder-full of air and gasoline. This is the intake stroke. Only the tiniest drop of gasoline needs to be mixed into the air for this to work. (Part 1 of the figure)
- Then the piston moves back up to compress this fuel/air mixture. Compression makes the explosion more powerful. (Part 2 of the figure)
- When the piston reaches the top of its stroke, the spark plug emits a spark to ignite the gasoline. The gasoline charge in the cylinder explodes, driving the piston down. (Part 3 of the figure)
The air/fuel mixture does NOT "explode"
It is a burn rate dependent on quite a few design factors, but the rate of burn is design dependent nonetheless
