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Subject:Re: Nitrous on diesel?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:14:28 +1200

>Yes, with propane injection, and very careful mixture tuning.
>Otherwise, NASA will be calling you to stop launching diesel pistons
>into orbit!
>TEMiller
>
>Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>>Is it feasible to nitrous-inject a diesel? Or would this cause
>>massive (terminal) overheating?

OK, so if I fit a 2.2 EFI turbodiesel Toyota engine to my Corolla in
place of the 1.8D, fit nitrous & propane injection systems and
twin-turbo it, fully counterweight the crank, cc the head and do a
full porting job on it, fit a modified camshaft, huge inlet and
exhaust, giant airfilter... 550hp/600Nm@7500rpm?

Nitrous oxide is a chemical supercharger; it works by providing the
engine with an extra charge of oxygen. Propane is a low-flashpoint
fuel and probably acts to effectively lower the "octane" rating (an
analogy to gas engines there) ie burn more rapidly and violently.

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