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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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finally can see whats going on inside the combustion chamber:

http://www.sae.org/mags/AEI/8152
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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awesome info!
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Nice, now lets see how some of these engine designers take advantage of such tool.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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Don't mean to change subject but any updates on new intake manifold?
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 04:55 AM
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Fascinating stuff.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 05:01 AM
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do they have a video of the combustion life? would love to see it..will help explain to people how things work and why u need colder/hotter plugs etc...some people u can explain it 100 times and they never get it...
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 05:20 AM
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Thants cool...good info.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 05:32 AM
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I would put my money on car manufacturers using it more for emissions rather than performance. Maybe one will come with the other though.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 05:44 AM
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nice info geoff
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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Too much Reading Geoff, you got coles notes? JK. Nice find man!
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by cibao2ner
do they have a video of the combustion life? would love to see it..will help explain to people how things work and why u need colder/hotter plugs etc...some people u can explain it 100 times and they never get it...
there's a video on YouTube of exactly that. Some sort of industrial plexi they used for concealing it
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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Toyota has a motor made of Quartz... never actually saw it, but one of my engineering professors used to work for toyota and told us about it... he said they spent upwards of a million to make it...
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by spoolinlude
Toyota has a motor made of Quartz... never actually saw it, but one of my engineering professors used to work for toyota and told us about it... he said they spent upwards of a million to make it...
Pocket change to them
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 12:16 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOdKlNDndOo
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 12:22 PM
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now thats a cool vid
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 01:51 PM
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Cool indeed
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SPOOLINmatt
now thats a cool vid
Yep, extra option if your running motec, engine cam.
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