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something like this would be fun on the deuce. With my luck, I would set my cargo cover on fire
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i would bet its computer controlled because you wouldn't want it raging out of controlI wonder how a Ford Afterburner works?I know it is an injector but I wonder if it is computer controled like the ones under the hood......Maybe someone can modify them to make stack fires.....
wowcause they would work great for a short period of time before the injector would stick open(ummmm,injector.....soot.....heat.....duhhh) and leak fuel into the Particulate trap.So when it went to burn the soot(now sludge) the injector would light the fuel soaked soot and being as it was stuck open it wouldn't stop burning between injection Cycles(the knocking you hear) and continue to the burn.
The injector is about midship.On new diesels there is O2 sensors,Cats,then another O2 sensor,a particulate trap with injector in it and sensors.The particulate trap catches the carbon(or smoke) and every X hours it turns on the injector and burns the carbon out or if hte sensor tells the truck,"Hey,it's Clogged".The after burner uses up a LOT of diesel fuel so that is one of the main reasons for Ultra low MPG now days.....and in the next year or two(can't remember if it was '10 or '11) they will have to install a Urea sprayer on the exhaust that has to be refilled at the stealership every oil change.If the tank runs out the computer shuts the truck down and won't allow it to run period.
wow good point!The flames aren't normal on the railroad locomotives. It happens on older units with mechanical governors. What happens is the governor responds to the throttle changes faster than the turbo can keep up. The governor opens up the injectors to the higher throttle setting efore the turbo gets the boost up. Too much fuel plus not enough air equals yellow flames and LOTS of black smoke. The newer locomotives with the computer controlled electronic fuel injection compensate by limiting the fuel until the boost catches up. Not as photogenic but not as wasteful either. An important consideration when just one large terminal locomotive service facility can tear through 3.5 to 4 million gallons a MONTH. How'd you like to pay that bill?