Sorry to burst your bubble....
"Can you explain to me how a glow engine works? Is it just like a diesel truck engine?
Glow engines are a hybrid between diesel and spark-ignition engines in regards to their mode of operation. In a glow engine, the catalytic action of the platinum glow plug coil is what ignites the fuel-air charge rather than a spark or the heat due to compression of the mixture in the chamber. As a consequence, the compression ratio used tends to be higher than in a spark-ignition engine but lower than a diesel engine. "
This is right off of Super Tigers home page, if you do a little reseach you will find out everyone else will tell you the same thing, because its how our engines opperate.
http://www.supertigre.com/faq/product-faq.html#q210
Sean