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Ferrari’s Radical Oval Pistons Could Rewrite the Future of Gas Engines
Autoblog ^
| December 14, 2025
| Simran Rastogi News Editor, Autoblog
Posted on 12/15/2025 7:01:50 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:02:20 AM PST
by
dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: muleskinner; Fiddlstix; TexasTransplant; Squeako; dennisw; norwaypinesavage; 1Old Pro; weps4ret; ...
ENGINE PING!................
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:03:02 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Red Badger
To: dfwgator
But is it a ‘HEMI’?.........................
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:03:49 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: alternatives?
If you can afford a Ferrari, you let someone else worry about that!..............
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:04:43 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Red Badger
Great potential for improved combustion efficiency.
Hemispherical combustion chamber was invented for that reason don’t believe Ferrari will gain much if any ground over that.
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:07:50 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(?.)
To: Red Badger
Any one remember the Wankel engine from 50 years ago? Supposed to be the up and coming new engine design!
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:08:55 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(REOPEN THE MENTAL HOSPITALS CLOSED IN THE 1970s!)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
My hemi works just fine for me. 😂👍
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:09:10 AM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
To: Red Badger
Nice post. Thx for taking the time RB.
To: one guy in new jersey
My pleasure!.............😁
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:10:00 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: packagingguy
I recall those engines had some cooling issues and were short-lived. ‘90’s was a great period in bike racing.
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:11:38 AM PST
by
paulcissa
(The left hates you and wants you dead.)
To: Vaduz
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:13:12 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Red Badger
New again. It’s been done before.
To: packagingguy
Actually the first tried it in the 1970s
To: packagingguy
Yes, they mention that in the article..........
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:14:10 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Red Badger
For as long as internal combustion engines have existed, pistons have been round. False. Cylinder bores have been round. Pistons are slightly elliptical to accommodate thermal expansion.
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:15:19 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: Red Badger
The benefits of oval pistons are potentially more than just space-saving. Depending upon how the oval shape is implemented, there is great potential for improved combustion efficiency, lower frictional losses, and better thermal management
granted there is space savings. the other things are potentials to attract investors.
complexity is a problem in it self. Lots of innovation in the past but simplicity seems to win.
but it is good to explore.
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:15:34 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Wasnt that like a nearly indestructable engine? Or was that some other engine im thi king of?
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posted on
12/15/2025 7:16:00 AM PST
by
Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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