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    1. #1
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      Check this out...

      http://www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelli...erignition.htm

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      67 Camaro In progress

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      Cool! thanks for sharing.
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      I understand the technology and can see how a laser focused into the chamber can ignite the mixture, but how does a laser create a visible "spark" in open air as shown in their video? If that was a laser you wouldn't see the flash of bright light around the lens entry.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Ron L View Post
      I understand the technology and can see how a laser focused into the chamber can ignite the mixture, but how does a laser create a visible "spark" in open air as shown in their video? If that was a laser you wouldn't see the flash of bright light around the lens entry.
      Your right, the spark plug creats a spark because the voltage "arcs" across the electrode to a ground, the laser has no where to "arc" to. I also agree I don't think you'd see the glow of light at the entry point, it should be a straight line at the most, but probably unseen.

      Carl Wilson
      1968 Camaro - T-56 6 speed - 383 Stroker, 2014 Mustang GT seats. FiTech EFI, Tanks Inc. Tank with Deutschwerks fuel pump.

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      I have no idea how it works, but could they be dividing the laser's beam inside the "plug" and then refocusing it in the cylinder with the end result being a "spark" so to speak?
      Herb

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      Quote Originally Posted by Ron L View Post
      I understand the technology and can see how a laser focused into the chamber can ignite the mixture, but how does a laser create a visible "spark" in open air as shown in their video? If that was a laser you wouldn't see the flash of bright light around the lens entry.
      That is what I want to know too.
      Scot
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      the thing I was wondering about was how they plan to keep the optics clean? have you ever seen the business end of a well-used spark plug?
      dave.t
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