To: Nuc1
This engine is small enough to put in a motorcycle. The real question is power band and low end torque, which is pretty hard to get without mass, but who knows, lets see it in application. My vote is to sling it onto a Harley Chasis and tranny and lets see it work in application!
138 posted on
05/21/2006 6:41:10 PM PDT by
Candor7
To: Candor7
I'd like to see it applied to boats too, light, small, high mileage, inexpensive? What's involved in machining something like this?
200 posted on
05/22/2006 12:26:33 PM PDT by
conservativewasp
(Liberals lie for sport and hate our country.)
To: Candor7
"This engine is small enough to put in a motorcycle. The real question is power band and low end torque, which is pretty hard to get without mass, but who knows, lets see it in application. My vote is to sling it onto a Harley Chasis and tranny and lets see it work in application!"
Looks like this gizmo has plenty of low end torque and a broad power band. At least that is what they claim and the design concept would indicate that claim is true. Just consider power stroke overlap for example. When they wrote about scalability I thought almost immediately about motorcycles. Weren't they talking about 300 Hp at about 75 lbm? The power to weight ratio yould could get would be pretty awesome. I gotta admit the possibilities light me up like I used to fry the rubber on my 454 Camaro. Dang it is exciting if you are a gear head. :) Man Camaro didn't spell check, how lame.
207 posted on
05/22/2006 4:54:23 PM PDT by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Candor7
"My vote is to sling it onto a Harley Chasis and tranny and lets see it work in application! "Nah! It would start to leak oil.
222 posted on
05/23/2006 10:11:49 AM PDT by
Wurlitzer
(The difference between democrats and terrorists is the terrorists don't claim to support the troops)
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