Massive Yet Tiny Diesel Engine
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Massive Yet Tiny Diesel Engine
http://http://stream.osen.org/aag/MYT-La-Auto-Show.wmv
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Any of you guys ever heard of this engine? It is an awesome design and is claimed to get atleast 150mpg! I would like to swap one of these bad boys in the old superduty... probly the only truck built well enough to hold all that power! 4000lbft @3000rpm!!!
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Any of you guys ever heard of this engine? It is an awesome design and is claimed to get atleast 150mpg! I would like to swap one of these bad boys in the old superduty... probly the only truck built well enough to hold all that power! 4000lbft @3000rpm!!!
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sounds really cool except epa will put so many requirements for emissions equipment that you won't be able to use it in the US and if you do the power will be less than a 4cyl NA diesel and it will get 5mpg at best.
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If this guy actually gets this engine to a point where it's going to threaten the status quo in the oil industry, he will disapeer of the planet, never to be heard from again. Unfortunately.
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Thats a pretty impressive unit, 800 ft/lbs around idle, and 150 mpg, hmmm the manufacturers would have to detune that, put emmissions on it, after treatment for the emissions, detune it some more, try and find a way to mount it, and at the end of the day, give you 50 ft/lbs at idle, 15 mpg!
The sad thing is, thats probably true, and the manufacturers probably pursue it, because they are just as guilty
Originally Posted by westtntrucker
If this guy actually gets this engine to a point where it's going to threaten the status quo in the oil industry, he will disapeer of the planet, never to be heard from again. Unfortunately.
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Still waiting to actually see it run. Website is vague and his demo is nothing but turning it with compressed air. Get a running engine going then I'll be impressed.
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This awesome design will create a huge loss in profits to the big 3 , american big rig makers alike, and politicians across america. Those rich individuals(politicians/oil makers) will not tolerate such a loss in profits so quickly. IOW, they are preparing themselves for an enrgy change over a long period of time. We live in an time where industry and politicians are tied to close together. Although I admit it is a fine line to walk, government and corporate america need to cut there ties and work on the task at hand, not individual profit.
The Asian auto market may appreciate this guys work more than we would. Everything from the construction world to a toyota with a diesel in it could be possible. Can you imagine a Toyota diesel woth 250- 500 horse. All for $20,000. The big 3 would never cut the cost of a $50,000 truck to around $20,000 as long as there are people willing to pay $50,000 for it. Ridiculous.
I like what this guy is doing and he seems to have progressed forward with an energy compliant, huge power making engine. And for our firefighters and first responders across America, this is a much safer vehicle to deal with in the event of an accident, as oppose to hydrogen powered vehicles. And most of all ,lets be real about this, are we going to see a hydrogen/electric engine in a big rig or the MYT engine. I think the MYT.
Tim
The Asian auto market may appreciate this guys work more than we would. Everything from the construction world to a toyota with a diesel in it could be possible. Can you imagine a Toyota diesel woth 250- 500 horse. All for $20,000. The big 3 would never cut the cost of a $50,000 truck to around $20,000 as long as there are people willing to pay $50,000 for it. Ridiculous.
I like what this guy is doing and he seems to have progressed forward with an energy compliant, huge power making engine. And for our firefighters and first responders across America, this is a much safer vehicle to deal with in the event of an accident, as oppose to hydrogen powered vehicles. And most of all ,lets be real about this, are we going to see a hydrogen/electric engine in a big rig or the MYT engine. I think the MYT.
Tim
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It could be a revolution, like hes talking but what sucks and has already been brought up is alot of people will lose a lot of money. Wenkel designed the rotary engine back around the turn of the century, and it has a very efficient power to weight ratio and more power than the inline or V style engine. No one really went anywhere with it either, it was used in aircraft for a long time, but thats about it other than the RX7. I wish the world worked more on principle than money.
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That is an Awesome concept. Exactly what we need. However the site is pretty vague. My biggest question is how exactly do the pistons connect to the crank??
At least someone is finally trying to find an alternative to a very crude and dated design of engine. Efficiency is derived by making things simpler. Today's manufacturers just keep adding more and more parts. I don't care how many valves you add to an engine. The internal combustion engine will NEVER EVER be efficient in it's current design. Stop trying to improve it and find another alternative. Such as the MYT. In nearly 100 years of development and all the high tech engines and gadgetry, we are still no better off. Example- the 1908 Model T got 25mpg. There are only a handful of cars on the road today that can average 25mpg. Okay, climbing off my soapbox....
At least someone is finally trying to find an alternative to a very crude and dated design of engine. Efficiency is derived by making things simpler. Today's manufacturers just keep adding more and more parts. I don't care how many valves you add to an engine. The internal combustion engine will NEVER EVER be efficient in it's current design. Stop trying to improve it and find another alternative. Such as the MYT. In nearly 100 years of development and all the high tech engines and gadgetry, we are still no better off. Example- the 1908 Model T got 25mpg. There are only a handful of cars on the road today that can average 25mpg. Okay, climbing off my soapbox....
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Originally Posted by Benny2002
It could be a revolution, like hes talking but what sucks and has already been brought up is alot of people will lose a lot of money. Wenkel designed the rotary engine back around the turn of the century, and it has a very efficient power to weight ratio and more power than the inline or V style engine. No one really went anywhere with it either, it was used in aircraft for a long time, but thats about it other than the RX7. I wish the world worked more on principle than money.
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I heard that Big Oil's Hit Man Union was on strike for better working conditions. It seems that they weren't getting paid for time on international flights. Still Nissan's elite ninja bodyguard service and the GM counter-sniper team, in a rare show of collaboration, are maintaining a discrete protection detail fo the inventor of a non-working prototype that runs on external power.
Bob Lutz is rumored to be working on a retro-mini ute modeled after the Jeepster which will use this motor, fueled solely by a hybrid hope/feces process, and may possibly hover over traffic jams. Arrival of said flying hope/feces hover-Jeepster is early 2010, shortly after the world uses the last of its fossil fuel reserves (as we all recall from the US Gealogical Survey of 1919's prediction of world oil supply, oil supply peaked in 1928 and has been in decline ever since.*) Mr. Lutz's statement of why no interest is currently being shown in this modern miracle for production "market timing surveys show the general public will finally accept a 150mpg vehicle when no other option exists. Buyers won't pay a premium for fuel economy right now, just look at how hybrids are languishing on the lots regardless of dealer incentives to move them."
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Originally Posted by CruiserClass
Buyers won't pay a premium for fuel economy right now, just look at how hybrids are languishing on the lots regardless of dealer incentives to move them."
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