snooter Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 no more spark plugs in ford PT's may be in your future...ford developing "laser" to ignite the compacted atomized gases...thumbs up from me on this..HP gains should be possible across all PT line and most importantly for you tree huggers....MPG increase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 We covered that a LONG time ago when the news first came out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 We covered that a LONG time ago when the news first came out... news to me..i thought ford was about belly up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 a) news to me.. B) i thought ford was about belly up a) And there was an article/thread a while back about this, it was a while ago though, so I'm not gonna get a link for ya. B) I'm going to resist responding to that comment(outside of this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Oh, don't worry, snooter. Someone will cross-thread a laser, pay a mechanic $15k for an engine/transmission replacement, and then sue Ford and start an angry website about it. Then it'll be back to normal for you and yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versa-Tech Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Oh, don't worry, snooter. Someone will cross-thread a laser, pay a mechanic $15k for an engine/transmission replacement, and then sue Ford and start an angry website about it. Then it'll be back to normal for you and yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Jellymoulds Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 (edited) Oh, don't worry, snooter. Someone will cross-thread a laser, pay a mechanic $15k for an engine/transmission replacement, and then sue Ford and start an angry website about it. Then it'll be back to normal for you and yours LOL Murphy's Law works everywhere Richard. Back street hamm fisted rock ape mechanics will still find a another way Richard. Delivering the beam via optical fibre proved to be more difficult than the team had hoped. "The fibre didn't respond well to engine vibration, which increased the divergence of the output beam and reduced the beam mode quality", Geoff Dearden reports. "Bending the fibre was also problematical: up to 20 per cent of the beam energy was lost with small bend diameters, while tight bends caused the fibre to fail altogether after a period. What's more, the high density of laser energy can cause short or longer term degradation, causing loss of beam transmission – and therefore ignition. Careful design of laser parameters, fibre coupling and choice of optical media is crucial to avoid this. Who gets the credit Ford or Liverpool University? LINK Edited September 27, 2009 by Ford Jellymoulds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm going to resist responding to that comment(outside of this). Don't resist. The management going from plant to plant giving "State of the Company" addresses are saying just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Delivering the beam via optical fibre proved to be more difficult than the team had hoped. "The fibre didn't respond well to engine vibration, which increased the divergence of the output beam and reduced the beam mode quality", Geoff Dearden reports. "Bending the fibre was also problematical: up to 20 per cent of the beam energy was lost with small bend diameters, while tight bends caused the fibre to fail altogether after a period. What's more, the high density of laser energy can cause short or longer term degradation, causing loss of beam transmission – and therefore ignition. Careful design of laser parameters, fibre coupling and choice of optical media is crucial to avoid this. I wonder if something along the COP packs they have now would work. Basically 8 lasers in a V8. No mention of what size these things are. That should eliminate the bend issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewfanGRB Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 news to me..i thought ford was about belly up Well, aren't you clever? Or antagonistic. Or annoying. Or close-minded. Either way, your posts are ineffective and pointless...<sigh> forget it. I don't even know why I bother.... :beatdeadhorse: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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