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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by whenchamenia on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @01:45AM (#19794834)
Thats a low compression mower engine. Modern automobile engines are indeed quite sensitive to predetonation from slower ignition times offered by most alternatives without being designed for them.
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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:56AM (#19796247)
>Modern automobile engines are indeed quite sensitive to predetonation from slower ignition times offered by most alternatives without being designed for them.

If by "design" you mean a different cam profile to drop the dynamic compression ratio then sure.

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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by etaioinshrdlu on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @03:28AM (#19795188)
Maybe this can be handled by adjusting valve timing in software.
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