[AT] Canola to diesel

[George Willer]

Carl,

The engines that were referred to in this discussion were actually higher
compression WHEN THE THROTTLE PLATE IS OPEN.  They were 21:1.  Certainly
when the intake is unrestricted they can run as compression ignition.  That
has never been at issue, as a re-reading of the posts will show.

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of carl gogol
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 8:01 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Canola to diesel
> 
> This discussion has raised so much dust that I became curious what current
> MB diesel engines compression ratios actually are.  Went to their web site
> and found that many of their current offerings are gasoline these
> days -requiring 91 octane with an 11.2:1 ratio.  I finally found a diesel
> in
> their SUV lineup that has a compression ratio of 18:1, certainly high
> enough
> to be able to ignite diesel on compression alone.  Maybe this new  clean
> burn technology stuff requires higher compression than the 180s and the
> older ones did, but 18:1 is comparable to any 'merican made diesel.
> Carl Gogol
> Manlius, NY
> AC One Seventy diesel
> (2) AC D-14, AC 914H
> Simplicity 3112 & 7116
> Kubota F-2400
> 
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