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Quench (or squish, or "squench") is sometimes referred to as ''mechanical octane''. It decreases the need for octane by promoting a more homogeneous air/fuel charge in the combustion chamber and it also helps promote flame travel. | Quench (or squish, or "squench") is sometimes referred to as ''mechanical octane''. It decreases the need for octane by promoting a more homogeneous air/fuel charge in the combustion chamber and it also helps promote flame travel. | ||
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The terms ''quench'' and ''squish'' are often used interchangeably. But they actually have different technical meanings. Quench also refers to the passing of heat from the combustion chamber into the surrounding metal, some of which finds its way into the cooling system. The more quench that is in effect, the more heat passes into the cooling system and vise versa. On one hand, having a quench-type combustion chamber and piston shape and tight quench distance may be looked at as a detriment to power production (heat IS energy, after all). But in the case of the IC engines we are working with, the loss of heat energy is more than offset by the decrease in the tendency to encounter detonation- which will kill power at a much greater rate and amount than the loss of some combustion chamber heat to the quench effect. | The terms ''quench'' and ''squish'' are often used interchangeably. But they actually have different technical meanings. Quench also refers to the passing of heat from the combustion chamber into the surrounding metal, some of which finds its way into the cooling system. The more quench that is in effect, the more heat passes into the cooling system and vise versa. On one hand, having a quench-type combustion chamber and piston shape and tight quench distance may be looked at as a detriment to power production (heat IS energy, after all). But in the case of the IC engines we are working with, the loss of heat energy is more than offset by the decrease in the tendency to encounter detonation- which will kill power at a much greater rate and amount than the loss of some combustion chamber heat to the quench effect. | ||
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