Agree'dMichael Yount said:Both the V6 AND THE V8 SHO's were engineered and built by Yamaha -- but Ford paid LOTS of money to put their name on it --- so it's a Ford. The Chrysler Crossfire has a Mercedes engine and tranny in it. Some of Saturn's vans have Honda engines. Ford's new hi/po Focus line in Europe will be powered by Volvo-derived engines; Lincoln LS V8 shares architecture with Jaguar/Aston Martin V8's (both owned by Ford); the new Toyota Nascar trucks and (soon) Camry's run pushrod V8's developed by Toyota Racing Development (TRD) -- Toyota doesn't have a pushrod V8 of their own; Bugatti's new Veyron has (basically) a VW motor in it; the Corvette 4-valve ZL-1 from years back had it's engine design/developed by Mercury of boat fame --- the list could go one forever. The manufacturers do what they have to do to put out product they think they can sell at a price that keeps them profitable.
If you really want to get convoluted -- take a look at Volvo's new 4.4L 60 DEGREE V8 - sound familiar? The folks at Yamaha were involved in that one too via Ford's ownership of Volvo...it's a bigger/bolder SHO III.
Thats because Crane makes them!!Michael Yount said:Willys - interesting on the rockers -- mine are exactly the opposite -- I bought them direct from FRPP -- and they are stamped with CRANE.....go figure.
I worked for united airlines in Denver (DIA) loading planes and we had to fuel our ground equipment.75% of the vehicles out there were Hydrogen..They worked fine,motors had plenty of power but you had to ride along side of a huge Hydrogen tank that took up the passenger seat! All the buses in Denver (mass transit) were hydro!srothfuss said:Another problem with Hydrogen is infrastructure.
Who makes it? You have to build plants to make it
Who stores it? You have to build tanks to store it
Who ships it? You want to be next to a semi with a hyrdogen bomb? - well not really
Who sells it? Where are all the hydrogen stations?
What do you do with current technology?
Who gets to pay for all of this capital expenditure?
Is this government funded and / or regulated?
Hydrogen represents a dream. That dream is about 0 emissions and really needs a good reality check.
I worked for united airlines in Denver (DIA) loading planes and we had to fuel our ground equipment.75% of the vehicles out there were Hydrogen..They worked fine,motors had plenty of power but you had to ride along side of a huge Hydrogen tank that took up the passenger seat! All the buses in Denver (mass transit) were hydro!
*Note: California is making strides in establishing hydrogen stations / infrastructe but it is very localized.
Also, does anyone know if the engineers have figured out how to get the hydrogen motors started durring winter?
Hydrogen is a marvelous fuel - but for the fact it's extremely unstable (way more dangerous than gasoline) and that it doesn't occur on it's own anywhere because of that instability. So -- you have to extract it from other sources -- usually methane (CH4) or water (H2O). Therein lies the problem -- the energy it takes to liberate the hydrogen from the stuff it's attached to MORE than overcomes the benefits of using it as a fuel.
not all diesels are direct injection.....my 1992 f-250 banks turbo is An IDI motor90mustangGT said:Diesel's do have TBs, or most of them do, don't they? Fuel/Air ratio is important on them as well. I don't see too many of them, so I can't be sure. next time a CTD, Powerstroke, or Duamax comes in I'll be sure too look. Diesels are great becasuse they use the heat of compression to fire, they use the fuel injectors to fire actually. It's called Direct Injection, something I don't understand why isn't done to a gas motor. Imagine, running 16:1 - 20:1 compression with a blower on pump gas.
There are engine's and motors, the difference is that while a motor just coverts energy, the engine actually has to make it. Our vehicles have engine's which have to convert a flamable liquid into rotational energy.
I agree with 88Stangboy. You need to minimize friction and try to get all the power to the wheels.
In a four-cycle motor, only one of those cycle's is creating power. After the combustion stoke, where the power is made, then the engine has to push the old gasses out, then pull the new gasses in, compress them for the next combusiton cycle. On top of this, you have to turn the weight of the rotation assembly, the camshaft, the oil pump, and other accesories that are running 100% of the time. A steam turbine is a very effeceint motor, that is what most powerplants such as nuclear and coal burning plants use. Of course they are in constant use, while in a car, with all the cold start ups and all, the efficency would be lost.
willys1 said:I worked for united airlines in Denver (DIA) loading planes and we had to fuel our ground equipment.75% of the vehicles out there were Hydrogen..They worked fine,motors had plenty of power but you had to ride along side of a huge Hydrogen tank that took up the passenger seat! All the buses in Denver (mass transit) were hydro!
the LS1 isnt the perfect engine?srothfuss said:I think that the engieering R&D centers are still searching for the perfect engine. Or at least a renewable fuel source that doesn't come from the middle east....
Ethonal mixed with regular gasoline is starting to become popular also. But that is just a crutch.
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