Compression ignition gasoline engines
I notice Mazda is going to have a compression ignition gasoline engine that will still have spark plugs for starting and heavy loads. What would be the advantages of such a engine?
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I had a higher horsepower Volkswagen that had compression ignition if you didn’t put 110 octane fuel in it. Made a lot of power (for a ‘68 Volkswagen) but wouldn’t have lasted long. I lowered the compression ratio to limit the detonation. I could see the benefits if you could control the fuel delivery and timing well enough to make it work. This new technology is great. I would love to be able to sit down and talk with the engineers that design it to hear what they did to make it work.
