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Old 12-27-2008, 09:17 PM
Chas H Chas H is offline
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Originally Posted by Kestas View Post
Chas, I believe you and whipple are both correct. Though the current flows in a big circle across two plugs, 80% of the spark energy is used in the compressed cylinder. It has to do with the difference in environment around the gap.
That's not my argument.
One spark plug of the pair will have the spark jumping from side to center electrode every revolution, half of those sparks will happen under compression.
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