Posted on 03/07/2008 7:24:45 AM PST by Red Badger
At the Geneva Motor Show, Hyundai Motor Co. is introducing the HED-5 “i-Mode” concept. The 6-seater monocab study incorporates a new 2.2-liter two-stage turbocharged diesel engine that is planned for production in the first half of 2011 and lighter weight high-tech materials to reduce fuel consumption.
The engine in the i-Mode is an all-new 2.2-liter R diesel which first passes intake through a low-pressure turbocharger from which it is forced into a high-pressure turbocharger to deliver maximized boosts. The R engine delivers 158 kW (212 hp) of power and 461 Nm (340 lb-ft) peak torque respectively, for a power density in excess of 70 kW/L. Rdiesel Rturbo
The new R diesel. The two-stage turbocharger.
The R Engine is mated to a 6-speed automatic gearbox providing a smoother drive. Higher EGR capacity with stable combustion characteristics at high engine loads reduces NOx and PM emissions. The R engine is targeted to meet Euro 5 and 6 exhaust emissions standards.
The standard single turbocharged R engine will be launched in early 2009 followed by the two stage turbocharged version in the first half of 2011.
By working together with the partners Bayer MaterialScience AG, Keiper and LG Electronics, Hyundai is continuing a cross-industry co-operation to drive new technologies faster to market. The co-operation with Bayer MaterialScience enabled the complex curvature and radical design departures of the HED-5 innovations to be implemented more quickly. The materials used are lighter and more adaptable than the metal and glass they replace. This, in combination with a light weight body construction, reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Self-healing water-based bodywork finishes from Bayer let minor scratches disappear. The i-Mode is the first vehicle to feature the new “BayVision” glazing system and Collimator headlight lenses made from Makrolon polycarbonate, permitting new headlight designs using LED technology.
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Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
Kim Chi KnOcK!.........
I hope there are a lot more diesels around when it’s time for me to get a new car in couple years. This V8 is killing me right now.
By 2012, or this time next presidential election, there will be many, many, many diesels to choose from............
The question is: will we get it in the U.S.? There are all kinds of great new diesel engines around the world, but our stupid NOx rules are preventing most of them from ever getting here. Sure, the NOx can be treated, but it costs too much, and makes it impractical to bring small diesels here.
The NOx rules need to be revisited TODAY, and CARB needs to be eliminated.
I could not tell if they have plans to import to the U.S. Do you know?
Kimchi ping.
I wish that they would have mentioned what the effective compression ratio was for this engine. With a two-stage turbocharger it must be enormous.
The stresses on the engine would require some fantastic materials. Normally aspirated diesels have to be ruggedly build but this one is daring to be two-stage turbocharged and light weight.
One has to assume that they are, at some point. The EuROPean market is where the money is right now. As the $ slides against the Euro, they may be hesitant about the US Market. But The Euro market may just be their de-bugging platform for later introduction to the US Market.......
All that technology is great, but here’s betting they’ll look ugly as sin-— unless the Koreans wise up and hire a western design firm.
Look at the INSIDE!..........
I have a Suburban with a 44 gallon tank, talk about shock when the d*mn pump finally kicks off....
"...an all-new 2.2-liter R diesel which first passes intake through a low-pressure turbocharger from which it is forced into a high-pressure turbocharger to deliver maximized boosts."
I can't make sense of the textual info, by looking at the diagram, then comparing it to the blow-up diagram of the engine, at the web page. I guess we'll need a Korean who can speak and write clear English, to sort it out better, from whatever tech manual is developed to go along with this "new" engine.
I'm left wondering too, where the modifier crowd, will put the intercooler! lol
I haven’t been paying attention really but I don’t know of to many people hopping up diesels.
Besides that, being this is a diesel and it appears to me to be on the hairy edge of the limits of normal materials I wouldn’t advise anyone to make any drastic changes to increase engine output.
Toying with the fuel management computer settings is about as far as I would go.
Wow, I don’t envy that at all. Mine’s a Mustang with a 15 gallon tank and I think my eye starts twitching faster as the counter gets closer to 40 bucks.
Hyundai is doing some very nice engineering lately.
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