Inside look at the Internal Combustion Engine

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Oct 1, 2007 | 06:16 PM

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Inside look at the Internal Combustion Engine

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...613&pr=goog-sl

Oct 1, 2007 | 06:28 PM

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Yeah, its a pretty neat video. Somebody posted this already in the Eastern Members section. It's obviously shot in super slow mo. I think that the way the flame propagates is the most interesting.

Oct 1, 2007 | 06:33 PM

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It'd be better if they actually showed the full four stroke cycle.

Oct 1, 2007 | 10:19 PM

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This is fascinating video! It appears that the only portion of the four cycles that is missing is the latter portion of the exhaust cycle and the transition to the initial intake cycle. I would have like to have seen the overlap with both intake and exhaust slightly open.

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Oct 3, 2007 | 01:14 AM

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That was pretty cool, it doesn't even look like there is an explosion inside the cylinder...
It is almost like there is not flame at all, very interesting as that is the first time I have seen film of the inside of a running IC motor.

Oct 3, 2007 | 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Bryant

Me too...most of that "flame" we're seeing is not the actual flame front...thats beyond the spectrum of visible light (or at the very least, visible to that camera). I'd really like to see the flow at overlap too...but keep in mind thats a 4 valve head...and I think on the 2nd cycle of the intake valves in the video we're seeing almost the instant when they begin to open...so I'm not sure there is any significant overlap there to see...might only be a few degrees of rotation at most...might even need a higher framerate camera to really see whats going on at that instant.

Oct 3, 2007 | 02:15 PM

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...might even need a higher framerate camera to really see whats going on at that instant.

What is the framrate of that camera at already!!! Could you even increase the framerate on the engine-camera device??

What kind of glass is that and what kind of cylinder head has mounting bosses for a Canon