<VV> Greenfire "Plugs" (No Corvair)

[Ron F Hinz]

It's clear to me that if you use those plugs along with cow magnets on the
gas lines, you'd get at least 16 mpg.  Send your money now!
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Gault" <r.gault@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Corvair List" <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Greenfire "Plugs" (No Corvair)


> Joel,
> Well, for one thing, these plugs are going to be COLD.  With all that
metal
> surrounding the hidden tip, and therefore little heating from the
combustion
> chamber, that's inevitable.  I can't imagine they won't foul immediately.
> It appears to me that they are trying to ride on the press of
precombustion
> chamber (PCC) engines, which certainly do lower emissions.  However, this
is
> done by running a very lean mixture ("lean burn").  The PCC is fed a rich
> enough mixture to spark ignite reliably and the flame jet enters the main
> chamber and fires the lean mixture.  However, these guys don't have the
same
> thing, since they can't increase the mixture inside their plug.  If you
look
> around on the link below, you'll see a video presention.  Along with the
> sales pitch, there is a supposed picture of the working plug.  Clearly it
is
> faked.  No amount imagining of it being in slow motion, etc. can make up
for
> the impression that it's taken in real time with propane or something
being
> pumped into the plug to sustain these flame jets.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/newinventors/broadband/20040616_2000/greenfire.ram
>
> Roger Gault
>   Still skeptical in Austin
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joel McGregor" <joelsplace@earthling.net>
> To: "'David V. Clamp'" <66corsa@cox.net>; <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:25 PM
> Subject: RE: <VV> Greenfire "Plugs" (No Corvair)
>
>
> > I'm not saying they aren't a gimmick but your reasoning only works for
the
> > multiple electrode plugs.  These claim to spread the flame not the
spark.
> > They seem to think the flame is going to spread out from their plug
faster
> > than it would from a normal plug.
> >
> > Joel in Keller, TX (DFW area)
> > '66 Corsa w/air
> > '63 Greenbrier 4spd
> > '63 Greenbrier 8dr 4spd "Bob"
> > '63 900 Convertible 4spd
> > '67 Monza 4spd Posi
> > '62 Monza Wagon PG
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