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**beethyday** · 08-19-2012, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by tinomen I'd think if the "spark" is more even across the combustion chamber there would be less overall possibility of damage.

He has a point. If the spark has enough energy to simultaneously ignite all of the fuel in the chamber, the instantaneous torque could be greater that the design point of the shaft. I wasn't actually thinking of the pistons being damaged by the force of the fuel ignition, but rather what would happen if the plasma came in contact with the surface of the piston itself.

08-19-2012, 10:19 PM	#18
beethyday Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Originally Posted by tinomen I'd think if the "spark" is more even across the combustion chamber there would be less overall possibility of damage. He has a point. If the spark has enough energy to simultaneously ignite all of the fuel in the chamber, the instantaneous torque could be greater that the design point of the shaft. I wasn't actually thinking of the pistons being damaged by the force of the fuel ignition, but rather what would happen if the plasma came in contact with the surface of the piston itself.
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