GasSavers_Ryland |
01-08-2007 06:10 PM |
I really wonder how effcient that gas engine is, I meen if you have an engine that is going to run at a single speed, you can design the whole thing to run more efficently, you can tune the air intake to that exact engine speed, you can do away with the butterfly in the throttle body and run it "wide open" by having the throttle body the exact size you need it to run at 1,800rpm, tune your exaust for that same engine speed, your power band would be extreamly narrow, you might even have to have the generator act as an electric motor to get the gas engine up to it's full speed, because it might not run correctly at lower or higher speeds, but at that set speed, in theory you could make it run above the 23% effeticy that SAE clames a gas engine in a car can be, oh yeah, then add the turbo for more effecitcy, I rather like this idea, of course that might just be because it's very simaler to my electric bicycle idea, small gas engine running an alternator, with a lith-ion battery buffer that is good for a few miles, and a wheel hub motor... with luck after a few more pay checks I'll start buying parts.
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