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That manual has been here for years, nothing new. There have been many articles written in the 1960's about the multifuel engine and yes it is a true diesel engine. It just can handle using many different fuels for combustion. Direct injection into the combustion area. Compression to heat and fire off the mixture. It is a diesel engine. I am surprised you have a head manufactured by "MAN" since they are a German company, and according to the military contract all parts where to be manufactured in the U.S.A. The original designers of the multifuel are of course German but "Continental" purchased the rights to this engine. I would like to see a picture of those heads. Also they went to the two hole injector just like I said for the better performance it gives.View attachment 591877I am a diesel mechanic and I do understand hypercycle combustion very well. The two hole injector would work better. The injector has two small holes that are about equal to the size of the one hole injector. The difference between the two injectors is the one hole puddles fuel in the combustion bowl where the two hole injector puddles/sprays fuel into the combustion bowl and the top of the piston. The two hole has two dispersion angles. Here is a manual I found. I cant remember where I had found it but it is a manual from continental date 1965. It has a lot of good information in it.
There was also a 20:1 compression piston used. There are much higher compression engines out there which also use turbos to increase power. As a diesel mechanic I'm sure you realize it is the "Heat" that kills diesel engines not compression, hence all the "pyrometers" on diesel engine trucks.
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