1 posted on
10/15/2014 8:38:41 PM PDT by
ckilmer
To: Red Badger
2 posted on
10/15/2014 8:40:51 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ckilmer
Suppose you could take an old engine concept discarded in the 1970sIt wasn't discarded in the 70's, it was stomped out by government bureaucrats. Namely, the EPA.
I still use one of those early Detroit Diesels, the 71 series, which you could buy from 1 cyclinder up to 16 cylinders depending on the power needs. It's a real fuel miser.
4 posted on
10/15/2014 8:48:19 PM PDT by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
To: ckilmer
I'm not understanding the reasoning behind this engine being vertical but canted to one side as opposed to just laying it flat for a horizontally opposed design a la Subaru, Porsche and others. The center of gravity is considerably lower for handling and safety advantages, the space is there side to side between the front suspension and it offers packaging flexibility as far as vehicle configuration, styling and aerodynamics.
To: ckilmer
2-stroke are indeed inherently more efficient than 4-stroke engines.
7 posted on
10/15/2014 8:53:07 PM PDT by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: ckilmer
The opposed piston concept is a proven winner
10 posted on
10/15/2014 8:58:22 PM PDT by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: ckilmer
Thanks for posting this article.
Now... scale the engine down, and use it in a hybrid to generate electricity.
12 posted on
10/15/2014 9:12:03 PM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: ckilmer
Don’t get your hopes up. If they don’t have their suction in the right pit and haven not paid the right people the feds will figure out a reason to kill if. If they have done those things no matter how sorry it is we’ll get it shoved down our throats .... if we live that long.
13 posted on
10/15/2014 9:15:21 PM PDT by
Sequoyah101
(There is no collateral damage.)
To: Red Badger
17 posted on
10/16/2014 4:23:28 AM PDT by
scottteng
(Suntrust Bank is the worlds worst stay away!)
To: scottteng; Army Air Corps; sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; ...
CKILMER & ARMY AIR CORPS, THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST jut FReepmail me..... This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
18 posted on
10/16/2014 6:18:21 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: ckilmer
To: ckilmer
In my personal experience, diesels seem to have sweet spots. My F250 can get a 10% increase in fuel economy just by keeping it at 2000 RPMas much as possible.
Based on that observation, it seems that a diesel-electric series hybrid would be the most efficient configuration. Series meaning electric only drive with a small battery or super capacitor bank for acceleration demand, with a fixed RPM diesel generator providing recharge and sustain power.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson