TheCleaner
Active Member
This isnt anything to do with a car problem, mainly just an observation.
When a car is idling, the exhaust is puttering, maybe twice a second, kind of like waves of exhaust gas coming from, what i used to think, each manifold on each side of the engine (eg a V config engine)
then i got to thinking, this is impossible, because for say the 2 'pops' of gas per second, would result in that the engine is only turning over at 1RPM.
This also go me think on the massive amount of explosions which happen in even the most basic engines.
Take my clio 1.2 engine, for example, plodding along at 3000rpm.. for every revolution theres 4 explosions, so in one single second, theres 50 engine revolutions and 200 single explosions.. thats so much..
but nothing compared to say, a V12 going at 6000rpm, which results in 1200 single explosions a second.. i guess i had just never thought about it like that, and its remarkable how much an engine has to deal with.
but my question is then, if its crazy to think you can detect the explosions of say, an idling V8 at say a low 600rpm (which is 80 explosions a second still), then what is the rumbling coming from which occurs maybe 3 times per second... and on a side note, i love the sound, especially of an idling V8, mmmm
sorry if its a silly question, its just thats its become obvious it isnt the exhaust gasses from each individual combustion cycle
When a car is idling, the exhaust is puttering, maybe twice a second, kind of like waves of exhaust gas coming from, what i used to think, each manifold on each side of the engine (eg a V config engine)
then i got to thinking, this is impossible, because for say the 2 'pops' of gas per second, would result in that the engine is only turning over at 1RPM.
This also go me think on the massive amount of explosions which happen in even the most basic engines.
Take my clio 1.2 engine, for example, plodding along at 3000rpm.. for every revolution theres 4 explosions, so in one single second, theres 50 engine revolutions and 200 single explosions.. thats so much..
but nothing compared to say, a V12 going at 6000rpm, which results in 1200 single explosions a second.. i guess i had just never thought about it like that, and its remarkable how much an engine has to deal with.
but my question is then, if its crazy to think you can detect the explosions of say, an idling V8 at say a low 600rpm (which is 80 explosions a second still), then what is the rumbling coming from which occurs maybe 3 times per second... and on a side note, i love the sound, especially of an idling V8, mmmm
sorry if its a silly question, its just thats its become obvious it isnt the exhaust gasses from each individual combustion cycle
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