One cylinder, double the mileage

em2nought · 10-29-16, 01:59 PM

An Israeli company has come up with a new and efficient engine design http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10...es-claims.html

Commander Wallace · 10-29-16, 05:25 PM

This opens lots of possibilities if pared with Electric hybrid cars.

Platapus · 10-30-16, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

This opens lots of possibilities if pared with Electric hybrid cars.

Especially a gas (or perhaps diesel) electric series hybrid. That's what I am looking forward to.

Catfish · 10-30-16, 08:04 AM

Any improvement in this respect is certainly good, however..

"According to the firm, the engine can allow cars to travel more than 1,600 kilometers (990 miles)
on a single tank of fuel, more than double current distances."

I already get 1500 km with with my fuel tank (60 litres) of my 30 years old 4-cylinder Diesel engine.
I can even get more if i drive reluctantly, best was 3,8 liters for a hundred km.

Jimbuna · 10-30-16, 08:18 AM

If the cost to the consumer is kept as low as stated and not hiked up by the manufacturer then it has to be a win win situation.

Onkel Neal · 10-30-16, 10:32 AM

I'm going to call this, not because I wish them ill, but over the last 45 years I've seen a lot of claims like this. There was the Smokey Yunick's Hot-Vapor engine engine, the 400 mpg carburetor sitting on a shelf somewhere in the bowels of GM, the magical 2-stroke with valves, and on and on. I accept someone may come along and increase the efficiency of an internal combustion engine and produce better numbers, but without some new tech breakthrough, it will be incremental, not revolutionary. Anyway, just my 2 cents....

Rockstar · 10-30-16, 10:52 AM

Any day now

Torplexed · 10-30-16, 11:31 AM

I see to recall an episode of the Simpsons where I guy was selling a miracle carburetor at a trade fair booth. A couple oil goons come along and quickly replaced him with--

em2nought · 10-30-16, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

If the cost to the consumer is kept as low as stated and not hiked up by the manufacturer then it has to be a win win situation.

It sure would be nice to buy a brand new engine at Auto Zone for $100.00. Would probably make an awesome go-kart.

Jimbuna · 10-31-16, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

It sure would be nice to buy a brand new engine at Auto Zone for $100.00. Would probably make an awesome go-kart.

I somehow think the price won't stay at $100.00 for long, if at all

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	One cylinder, double the mileage An Israeli company has come up with a new and efficient engine design http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10...es-claims.html __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Any improvement in this respect is certainly good, however.. "According to the firm, the engine can allow cars to travel more than 1,600 kilometers (990 miles) on a single tank of fuel, more than double current distances." I already get 1500 km with with my fuel tank (60 litres) of my 30 years old 4-cylinder Diesel engine. I can even get more if i drive reluctantly, best was 3,8 liters for a hundred km. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,446 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If the cost to the consumer is kept as low as stated and not hiked up by the manufacturer then it has to be a win win situation. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I'm going to call this, not because I wish them ill, but over the last 45 years I've seen a lot of claims like this. There was the Smokey Yunick's Hot-Vapor engine engine, the 400 mpg carburetor sitting on a shelf somewhere in the bowels of GM, the magical 2-stroke with valves, and on and on. I accept someone may come along and increase the efficiency of an internal combustion engine and produce better numbers, but without some new tech breakthrough, it will be incremental, not revolutionary. Anyway, just my 2 cents.... __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	This opens lots of possibilities if pared with Electric hybrid cars.

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Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I see to recall an episode of the Simpsons where I guy was selling a miracle carburetor at a trade fair booth. A couple oil goons come along and quickly replaced him with--