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by sepp2gl
Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:38 pm
Forum: Dev: Hardware
Topic: Ion Sense
Replies: 194
Views: 211298

Re: Ion Sense

...coming back to Mazda's "Skyactiv engines"... Skyactiv is a brand-name, that stand for a couple of different types of engines with various technologies. - Skyactiv-G is a gasoline engine with cylinder-deactivation, a very high compression-ration of 14:1 and for that they need to apply a ...
by sepp2gl
Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: Dev: Hardware
Topic: Ion Sense
Replies: 194
Views: 211298

Re: Ion Sense

@mck1117: As far we I know, Mazda is doing both of these on their Skyactiv engines. I will double-check Mazda's Skyactiv system, why they are using IS and which specific functions are inplemented. We're most interested in #1. This isn't too big a problem, since there isn't much overlap between the s...
by sepp2gl
Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:37 pm
Forum: Dev: Hardware
Topic: Ion Sense
Replies: 194
Views: 211298

Re: Ion Sense

Hello guys, this is my very first post here. So please be patient, if I cause objections with some statements below... I was working for 35 years as an automotive engineer for OEM and supplier mostly focussed on engine controls. Ion-Sense (IS) is a technology, that pops-up every 10 years. There is a...
by sepp2gl
Sat Jan 01, 2022 6:36 pm
Forum: You and your build
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 16
Views: 9224

Re: Introduction

Hello Guys and happy new year 2022! I think, it was a perfect idea of Bartman to create this intro-thread recently. So I can just append my introduction as a newbe in this forum, which I discovered by chance just yesterday. I am a retired automotive engineer. My professional background through most ...