Who's ready for their next engine swap?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:14 am

150lbs, 840cid, 850hp naturally aspirated

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:38 am

still hasent been fired so until then its all talk

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:11 am

I wonder how well it will seal? Will it go the way of the rotary?

I'd love to hear one though.

So far, few top the 'Busa V8 and the 4-rotor Mazda.

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:59 am

it has to work before it can sell

206er · Post by **206er** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:07 am

cool, I hope it takes off!
also have you guys seen bruce crower's new 6 stroke technology?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:09 am

Yea theres a bunch of new engine tech on the horizon

6 strokes, quasiturbine, cool stuff

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:30 pm

I can't wait till I can slap a turbo on that sommbitch!

dzx · Post by **dzx** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:11 pm

http://www.angellabsllc.com/

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:30 pm

azn2nr wrote:it has to work before it can sell

Seal, not sell. I don't care how it will sell.

I am not a 6-stroke fan. Sounds like a design that's inherently flawed. Cool, but wtf? You CAN'T drive the car if you don't have Distilled water on-board. Cool idea though.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:31 pm

You also can't drive a car if you dont have gasoline on board.

Anyway, read the forums. Theres some shady business going on in there that makes me question this whole thing

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:39 pm

But with the 6 stroke, you need a full load of both gas AND distilled water. It's not like you can fill the water tank with a hose, you need distilled.

You now have two fluids that you need to fill up every single time you need "fuel". Plus, convenience is an issue if you run out of water before fuel, or fuel before water.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:56 pm

Ill tell you how I feel about that once I get my methanol injection system in

rallysam · Post by **rallysam** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:47 am

Eh.... new engine ideas are a dime a dozen. They're interesting to think about as a puzzle, but never gonna happen.

206er · Post by **206er** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:37 am

I dont see the need for a seperate tank for water as an issue. running out of one before the other isnt all that different from just running out of gas. its just like another gas tank. heavy and takes up space sure, but with the extra MPG and lessened emissions who cares. water tanks could be built into the rocker panels or something, ge the weight down low.
the issue I see is freezing weather. I guess adding some methanol to the water might work ok.
back to the turbine...
wont it need one hell of a cooling system? 850 hp is a lot of air and gas any way you cut it.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:37 am

It's a lot of gas.

206er · Post by **206er** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:11 am

evolutionmovement wrote:It's a lot of gas.

yeah, yeah. gas=hp and air=torque. its a lot of both.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:20 am

Presumably it can be scaled down.

um

how does gas=hp and air=torque?

gas+air=torque

torque * rpm / 5250 = hp

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:00 pm

BMW has a system to recapture waste heat and turning it into steam to run an auxiliary steam turbine.

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:21 pm

Also has a hand-turned crank for starting----cool

sammydafish · Post by **sammydafish** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:56 pm

I'm kinda lost on how it transfers energy to the crankshaft. The numbers they spit out are kid of rediculous. Not that they couldn't be acheived, but it seems that you've need some pretty incredible materials to build that hing out of to produce that kind of energy from something so small. Granted, metalugy is moving in that direction, but I'm not so sure we're there just yet.

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Who's ready for their next engine swap?

Who's ready for their next engine swap?