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June 2002
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Re: 1G-GTE Economy
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Sun, 28 July 2002 01:45
 
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i'm pretty sure the fuel would have to explode in some way...
if the fuel is just burning then how is it pushing the piston back down? something burning doesnt produce any force to push the piston down, like an explosion does.
the reason that petrol was originally used for engines was because of its explosive qualities (something like 100 or 1000 times more powerful than gunpowder).
thats what i leant in year 10 science anyway.
and isn't the term 'detonation' just a shortening of 'pre-detonation' which tells you that the fuel is exploding before it should be.
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