Find out what triggers detonation and pre-ignition, why ignition timing really matters, and how these problems can seriously ...

Detonation: A violent explosion; also called combustion knock. This usually occurs near the end of the combustion process when highly compressed, high-temperature end gases spontaneously ignite, ...

Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio are collaborating to develop methods to detect pre-ignitions in real-time. The researchers will first use laboratory-grade ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday demanding that the company be held liable for allegedly concealing ignition problems before its 2009 bankruptcy. The ignition ...

The concept of downsizing is a successful approach to improve efficiency for passenger car sparkignition (SI) engines. This leads to highly charged gasoline engines with direct injection and high ...

With cheap sensors and machine learning, researchers are working to make pre-ignition in hydrogen engines instantly detectable. It will be a significant advance that could make clean transport more ...