(lots a reading)
Why hasn’t anyone modified their sbc to direct fuel injection? Could it even be possible?
Injecting gas directly into a high compression spark-ignited engine should not only improve performance but fuel economy. Detonations probably a big issue and emission also. But I’m sure someone could be smart enough to fiddle with a mega squirt type of program and tpi……..and no emissions crap would make it easier(for us ‘75 and older rigs in cal
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“Mitsubishi has the GDI. 35 to 40 percent better fuel efficiency than an indirect multiport injected engine, 10 percent more torque and meets all emission requirements, including the ones for oxides of nitrogen (NOX)(that’s the tough one)”
“The GDI engine runs on an ultra lean (40:1) air/fuel ratio at idle by using special injectors that produce a "stratified" charge in the combustion chambers. Regular gasoline fuel injectors produce a fine cone-shaped mist that's necessary to create a homogeneous air/fuel mixture. The high pressure GDI injectors, by comparison, produce a very compact spray pattern that forms a swirling cloud of fuel particles. This, combined, with a "reverse tumble" air flow in the cylinders creates a layered effect (stratified charge) of air and fuel in the cylinder that is rich in the immediate vicinity of the spark plug but is progressively leaner further out.”
“One of the keys to making this work is the way air is directed into the cylinders. Most engines have horizontal intake and exhaust ports so air and fuel enter past the intake valve, blow past the spark plug and swirl back around the cylinder in a circular path before being ignited. In the GDI engine, the intake port is almost vertical. Air flows down from the top, enters past the intake valve and injector, flows down the side of the cylinder until it hits a cup shaped pocket in the piston dome that redirects it back up towards the spark plug. This "reverse flow" arrangement combined with relatively late injection timing in the compression stroke allows the engine to handle very lean mixtures at idle without misfiring. When more power is needed, injector timing is advanced earlier in the compression stroke and more fuel is injected into the cylinder to create a more conventional fuel mixture.”
So that being said. Why not have cuped pistons of some sort or just domed ones, drill and fab something in the heads for injector and use a diesel injector that can support gas. Then hook up a tuned mega squirt, tpi and wowza
! Better than tpi tbi, and even better than the basic sequential.
Why hasn’t anyone modified their sbc to direct fuel injection? Could it even be possible?
Injecting gas directly into a high compression spark-ignited engine should not only improve performance but fuel economy. Detonations probably a big issue and emission also. But I’m sure someone could be smart enough to fiddle with a mega squirt type of program and tpi……..and no emissions crap would make it easier(for us ‘75 and older rigs in cal
)“Mitsubishi has the GDI. 35 to 40 percent better fuel efficiency than an indirect multiport injected engine, 10 percent more torque and meets all emission requirements, including the ones for oxides of nitrogen (NOX)(that’s the tough one)”
“The GDI engine runs on an ultra lean (40:1) air/fuel ratio at idle by using special injectors that produce a "stratified" charge in the combustion chambers. Regular gasoline fuel injectors produce a fine cone-shaped mist that's necessary to create a homogeneous air/fuel mixture. The high pressure GDI injectors, by comparison, produce a very compact spray pattern that forms a swirling cloud of fuel particles. This, combined, with a "reverse tumble" air flow in the cylinders creates a layered effect (stratified charge) of air and fuel in the cylinder that is rich in the immediate vicinity of the spark plug but is progressively leaner further out.”
“One of the keys to making this work is the way air is directed into the cylinders. Most engines have horizontal intake and exhaust ports so air and fuel enter past the intake valve, blow past the spark plug and swirl back around the cylinder in a circular path before being ignited. In the GDI engine, the intake port is almost vertical. Air flows down from the top, enters past the intake valve and injector, flows down the side of the cylinder until it hits a cup shaped pocket in the piston dome that redirects it back up towards the spark plug. This "reverse flow" arrangement combined with relatively late injection timing in the compression stroke allows the engine to handle very lean mixtures at idle without misfiring. When more power is needed, injector timing is advanced earlier in the compression stroke and more fuel is injected into the cylinder to create a more conventional fuel mixture.”
So that being said. Why not have cuped pistons of some sort or just domed ones, drill and fab something in the heads for injector and use a diesel injector that can support gas. Then hook up a tuned mega squirt, tpi and wowza
! Better than tpi tbi, and even better than the basic sequential.
. If it does finally happen it will be because somebody was selling alot of them. Mit hasn't done that so theres no reason to change.
