On Dec 25, 12:09*am, Jon Elson wrote:
What cars, or are these coming in the next couple years? *I'd
like to know more, I've been following stratified charge
experimantal engines for decades, and always been mystified why
they never went commercial....
Jon

Didn't you read my post? The Honda CVCC was a prechamber stratified
charge engine.

From the owner's manual of the 1980 Accord in my garage:

"The CVCC engine has two combustion chambers - the main chamber and
the auxiliary chamber. The main chamber burns an extremely lean
mixture which is ignited by the auxiliary. The auxiliary chamber burns
a rich mixture which is ignited by the spark plug. Because the volume
of the auxiliary chamber is smaller in comparison to the main chamber,
the overall air/fuel mixture is very lean."

My roomier, heavier all-wheel-drive CR-V can achieve nearly the same
MPG as the '80 and has twice the horsepower. CVCC Accords were
relatively feeble.

Jim Wilkins