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Design, develop, and evaluation research and development is performed by the Spark Ignition Engine Group at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) on all spark ignition (SI) engine types, including:

• Automotive

• Marine

• Small off-road

• Industrial

• Aircraft

Spark Ignition Engine Capabilities

SwRI has capabilities for and experience with the following types of spark ignition development projects:

• Alternative fuels

• Durability

• Hot/cold environments

• Altitude testing

• Electronic controls

• Ignition systems comparisons

• Engine benchmarking

• EMC

• Injection system development

• Cold start emissions reduction

• Emissions development

• Noise, vibration, and harshness development

• Component evaluations

• Engine performance modeling

• Piston ring pack analysis

• Combustion optimization

• Engine & vehicle calibration

• Radioactive tracer wear studies

• Cylinder head tumble & swirl

• Failure mode analysis

• Rapid catalyst light off

• Design and analysis

• Fuel studies

• Real-time oil consumption

• Direct injection (GDI or SIDI)

• Gasket testing

• Vehicle performance modeling

For more information about our spark ignition engine capabilities, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Terry Alger at talger@swri.org or (210) 522-5505.

siengines.swri.org

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Southwest Research Institute^® (SwRI^®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

December 28, 2012