JSTOR Daily

Diesel Fuel Ignition Quality as Determined in a Variable Compression Ratio, Direct-Injection Engine

SAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Section 4: RECIPROCATING ENGINES–SPARK IGNITION AND DIESEL (1987), pp. 614-623 (10 pages) A single-cylinder, variable–compression ratio, direct–injection diesel engine was ...
Car and Driver

Timing Changes: How Honda’s VTEC Variable-Timing System Works

Trademark erosion may not impact the environment, but marketers have noted the lexicographical slide of some brand names into generic labels. Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox, and Zamboni (yes, other ...
JSTOR Daily

Electronically Controlled High Pressure Unit Injector System for Diesel Engines

To achieve the future emissions regulations with low particulate and Nox levels, both the engine combustion system and the fuel injection equipment will have to be improved. For the fuel injection ...
Marine Link

Propulsion Update: Cat Debuts the C280

Last month in New Orleans Caterpillar Marine Power Systems Division made several major announcements, the biggest being the introduction of the new C280 series engine, an upgrade of the 3600 series ...
Motor Trend

Here is a Closer Look at Direct Injection on the Gen V V-8

Assuming you have gotten past the concept that fuel is now shot directly into the combustion chamber, let’s talk about what happens next. The chamber on a Gen V engine has been designed with over a ...