Originally Posted by 
Bush65
				
			 
			When you increase fuel rate in the usual fashion, rather than larger elements, you are actually increasing the end of injection - so fuel is burning later.
IMHO the timing should be advanced, never retarded when the fuel rate is increased substantially.
Obtaining high torque from a diesel depends on injecting more fuel in a short time at the top of the stroke, not injecting and burning later.
Two side affects (for different reasons) of this are increased diesel knock and higher NOx. The CR systems can overcome these to an extent, by using higher injection pressures.