I guess I'm basing my ideas on articles like this, which is excerpted from an engineering
journal discussing the advantage of modern fuel injection over the old carburetors. Point
they are making is that fuel injectors atomize the fuel into a much smaller mist of droplets
than the carburetors did.
"Petrol naturally exists at room temperature as a liquid. Surprisingly, the liquid form does
not in fact burn in an engine. The fuel must first be vaporized before it can be burnt;
liquid petrol burns very slowly, while an extremely rapid combustion is required in an
engine. It is therefore very important to introduce the fuel to the intake manifold as a fine
"mist" which can rapidly vaporize."
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 11/22/2011 9:13 PM.
