Some years ago I developed a theory relating to measuring the efficiency of balanced systems or nearly balanced systems (according to the laws of physics ).
It was not until later, I realized that the combustion engine of a motor car was in itself a balanced system. Or rather the individual pistons within cylinders were systems within the overall system of the engine! (They could be considered individual motors making up a part of the total motor)
Anyway getting back to the theory - This required the monitoring of the system over a time frame of five timing points and at the end of that time to come to a logical conclusion as to whether the system was operating as efficiently as it could be or if there should be a small adjustment made!
This theory could then be applied to each cylinder of a combustion engine. There would be one timing point at top dead centre, a second at the bottom of the downstroke and three others in between.
The monitoring of the system would be via the compression ratio at each timing point per cylinder. Those five readings could be linked to get an overall picture of the performance of each cylinder.
ie.
1 - 2
1 - 3
1 - 4
1 - 5
2 - 3
2 - 4
2 - 5
3 - 4
3 - 5
4 - 5
These figures can be fed into a computer for analysis of exactly how much fuel that particular cylinder required injecting.
I am convinced this theory would work and would result in -

1. Greater fuel economy.

2. Greater horsepower for size of motor.

3. Greater Torque.

4. Smoother throttle for all loads.

5. Less maintenance costs.

6. Less emissions.

7. Cooler running.

I also am convinced that much of the present gadgetry on modern engines would not be required and would remain obsolete. With the cost of fuel rising exponentially the further we get into this Century, I believe it is imperative that we run smaller cars with more efficient engines.

In creating this article I wish it to be known that I am a layperson with very limited access to working on motor engines. All of my theories have been derived from logic! Excuse the pretty rough explanation involved!

With Kind Regards,

taurus26

Far out all right!! my guess is that u would need a compression tester that can take five readings in a millisecond and than corelate that to each timing point.something to mull over though.

A minor point, not really relevant but the most fuel efficient car in the world is 33%, some Toyota. Meaning for every 100 liters of fuel only 33 are used in the combustion process.

Ok now a few points. What laws of physics are you talking about? And b

I have extensive knowledge of physics principles (although I'm only 17). Your theory is quite interesting, I think we need to have a chat, you supply theory I'll support with logic! Oh and just to be a pest, there is only one major "support" keeping the E