New product that replaces spark plugs! Gains 5 to 10% HP and fuel mileage.

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This product gets rid of your spark plugs, wires and coils. Your thinking what the hell is this guy smokin! Nothing it works. Here's the link. http://www.smartplugs.com Now your probably thinking that there is no way to accurately control the ignition timing. Your also probably thinking about pre detonation and knocking in the engine. Well they have this all sorted out. This is a reply to me explaining how they worked because I just couldn't understand how this was possable or how timing could be controled.They have been using these in engines testing them for years now. There are numerous magazine and nespaper article on their website talking about this.The military has started using them as well as NASA. They are getting EPA and CARB approval. They're working on FAA approval now which is a pain in the (removed) to get but the FAA so far is very excited about it.Also some of the fuel they are using in these engines is amazing. They are running anything and everything in them and the engines are running good. They are running diesel fuel in regular cars and they are running great. They have also run 60% fuel 40% water and the smartplugs still get the mixture ti burn and the engine to run well. Even vegetable oil in them! I think most will find this product very interesting as I have so I wanted to let members know about it.You can check the tech specs out for your self at the US patent office, patent number 5421299 http://tinyurl.com/f0j QUOTE FROM SMARTPLUGS quote:Rather, we use a precision timed catalytic glow plug made with well known and documented catalysts, platinum and rhodium.Pre-ignition is precluded by the patented design of the SmartPlug. Our Company holds 4 issued international patents on the method of precision control of a constantly hot catalyst.The timing steps are as follows:1. Exhaust gas from the previous cycle acts like a gaseous inert spring/shield. This non-combustible gas controls the entry of the fresh combustible mixture during the compression stroke.There is absolutely no way for the combustible mixture to reach the catalyst before a predetermined time during the compression stroke. This is illustrated by the "cold blue" gases entering the prechamber during the first part of the animation.2. The boundary between the non-combustible and the combustible mixture moves into the prechamber in "lock-step" with the motion of the piston during the compression stroke. In other words, the location of this boundary will mimic the piston location at all times during the compression stroke. Therefore, we can stratigically position the catalyst along the length of the prechamber to intercept the fresh mixture at the proper time.3. Although it may seem the ignition would be instantaneous once the mixture touched the catalyst, this is not the case. There is a chemical delay between the contact with the catalyst and the ignition of the prechamber. This delay is sensitive to the conditions in the cylinder. This can be "programmed" in a number of different ways to respond to the engine in question.4. Once the prechamber "lights", six to eight "flame jets" rapidly ignite the main chamber charge. The rapid, but smooth ignition event minimizes the opportunity for detonation to occur. A burning mixture will not detonate. the more rapidly the mixture is ignited, the less chance there is for detonation to occur. Honda has a high performance motorcycle that uses chemical "radical" ignition that prevents detonation for the same reason. This allows us to run very low octane fuels such and Diesel for the military in 8:1 compression ratio engines without detonation.On the subject of High Performance, I operate a Quad 4, 9.5:1 compression ratio, 2.3 liter, 190 hp engine on the SmartPlug Catalyltic Ignition. I have over 20,000 miles of hard driving for research purposes. The vehicle is fully instrumented with in-cylinder pressure sensors that allow us to monitor the pressure wave form inside the cylinder "real time". We also monitor the detonation sensor in addition to being able to detect detonation on the pressure sensor before the detonation sensor picks it up. This dianostic equipment allows us to caculate engine horsepower based on the pressure during the compression/power cycle. The Catalytic Ignition produces more horsepower than spark baseline in this type of comparison.I know that alot of "snake oil" has been out there in the automotive market. That is why we are spending years in the laboratory to perfect this product prior to release to the public. We plan to exceed expectations. If you have any more questions, I'll visit this forum periodically an attempt to provide answers. Also come visit our web at http://www.smartplugs.com

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This is another quote from Smartplugsquote:OK. A GM Quad 4 is not a race car. But how about an engine that displaces 600 cc and produces 110 hp at 8100 RPM? - got any guesses? - Its a Polaris 600 snowmobile. 8100 on a two-stroke is the equivalent of 16,200 RPM on a 4 stroke. At least to the SmartPlug, it sees 8100 combustion events every minute. We are working closely with a CART racing team and plan to set some new track records in the near future. This is a new device and, in time, it will be applied to all applications, from the lowly lawnmower to Top Fuel dragsters.Pre chambers - some body needs to do some more homework. The Honda CVCC is a pre-chamber engine. It used a spark-ignited pre-chamber to generate multiple torches to ignite the main chamber charge. This engine had three venturis. the common primary and secondary venturis and then the prechamber venturi. The third venturi fed a rich mixture to the prechamber through a third small valve located in the prechamber. The mixture in the main chamber was very lean - so lean that the spark would not light it. But the spark could light the rich prechamber, which then would generate torches that would effectively light the main chamber. This system was so effective and clean that the Honda CVCC was the only production car that did not require a catalytic converter during the years that is was produced.The SmartPlug contains an integrated prechamber. When you install the SmartPlug, you are adding a pre-chamber to your engine. Unlike the Honda, the catalytic prechamber does not need a rich mixture to ignite normal or lean main charges. It appears that there seems to be some confusion as to the "mass controlled timing" aspect of the SmartPlug. Unlike an overly complicated sparkplug that is a dependent device.(it needs the rest of the ignition system to tell is when to fire and generate the spark) The SmartPlug is a completely autonomous ignition that responds to the conditions in each cylinder independently of the other cylinders and properly fires that cylinder at the proper time. Timing curves exist for one reason - to compensate for the rate of reaction under varying loads and speed conditions in the engine. If the rate of flame propagation remained constant in terms of degrees of crank rotation, the timing curve would be a fixed number of degrees before top dead center. The goal of modern timing ignition maps is to maintain the peak pressure from combustion at the same position after TDC throughout the engine load and speed range. This produces the MBT (Minimum advance for Best Torque). The SmartPlug catalytic reaction rate is "tuned" to have the opposite trend to the main chamber reaction rate. In other words, when the main chamber reacts slow, the catalyst reacts fast and when the main chamber reacts fast, the catalyst reacts slow. This is accomplished by sensing the "mass" of the mixture induced into the cylinder during the intake stroke. This "tuning" keeps the peak pressure from combustion at the ideal location after TDC.Random asked if the SmartPlug uses only gas dynamics to control timing or a combination of temperature and gas dynamics to control timing. The latter is correct. The primary control is the gas dynamics. The secondary control is the way the "mass" in the cylinder changes the temperature of the Catalyst.I enjoy this forum. Hope that somebody from this group might be located near our home base in Sandpoint, ID. Then that person could come and go for a drive in the Quad 4 or watch the Rotax powered ultralights fly http://www.smartplugs.com

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Another quote from Smartplugs quote:600 cc producing 110 HP at 8100 rpm on a two stroke was automotive gasoline! the back to back comparison on this engine demonstrated 300 additional RPM beyond spark ignition baseline. This is due to the rapid burn created by the six to eight jets of the Catalytic Ignition System. The more rapid burn allows more of the chemical energy to be used by the expansion stroke.Also, High Performace? 1.3 liter supercharged 4 stroke measured at 240 HP without detonation or PING on 91 octane automotive gasoline. Our company has four of these engines installed in three jet boats and one sports car.The SmartPlug Challenge:Our address is 1926 Industrial Dr. Sandpoint, ID 83864. Anyone in this forum is invited to come visit our facilities and "see for yourself" what many of you claim is impossible. Go for a test drive in our supercharged sportscar or one of our jet boats powered with SmartPlugs. I agree that this topic is an exercise in futility since many are coming to conclusions based on assumptions or misinterpretation of data. So, come and see, touch, feel what the SmartPlug can do in a performace motor. After you have applied the scientific method, by using your five senses to observe and measure and replicate what we say is true, then this discussion can continue with purpose and meaning. http://www.smartplugs.com