[FreedomPoster]

DeFazio hasn't been able to raise enough money to build a working prototype to prove his model actually does what he thinks it will.
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But this a serious guy. He's worked his entire life as an He estimates that his investment - in time and money - is approaching $400,000.

The piscean reek comes through strongly here. Sorry, but $400 Large ought to be more than enough to build a prototype. Basement CNC machining is a reality. If you can build high-output engines weighing as much as is claimed, you ought to be able to build something much smaller than a breadbox that puts out useable levels of power for a demonstration.

On second thought, fishy is too weak. I'm smelling hot steaming fresh bovine scat. Another item for the "oil companies and car companies are conspiring against the common man" files?

[e_castillo]

DeFazio said the big car manufacturers aren't interested.

Thats because they built ceramic engines 20 years a ago and found them to be unreliable. He also compares output per pound... why not give out a horse power and torque rating?

[AFreeBird]

The piscean reek comes through strongly here. Sorry, but $400 Large ought to be more than enough to build a prototype.

Since 1975, he's spent a big chunk of his free time developing and improving the designs for his rotary engine. In 2001, he took a year off from work so he could devote all of his energy to his engine. He estimates that his investment - in time and money - is approaching $400,000.

I may be wrong; but it sounds like that $400K is spread out over almost 30 years. I suspect much of that was geared towards materials study and fabrication, and it also sounds like it includes his "time", and if it does, the the actual cash outlays might be less.

Sounds interesting though.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Exactly. I built a Chevy 350 in my garage in 1 week.

[Future Useless Eater]

>> On second thought, fishy is too weak. I'm smelling hot steaming fresh bovine scat.

I tend to agree. There are lots of millionaires and billionaires out there who could cough up 200 G's without blinking if the guy had even a 1% chance of success.

Especially the rich tree-hugging enviro-whacko's like Streisand with mansions on the ocean with 26 fireplaces.