someone needs to build an engine...

[OrganizedChaos]

a 8 cylinder 8.0l 2 stroke pnumatic OHV radial (not rotary) direct injection turbo diesel with a dry sump oiling system and the ability to seemlessly shut down fuel to unneeded cylinders to promote fuel economy compression braking with the valves closed or cleaner exhause by using them to pump air and burn off remaining hydrocarbons. a CVT transmission with a ratio of 8.0 to .5 capable of handling 800ft/lbs of torque and less than 5% parasitic loss would be nice too.

it would be just peachy if one of you smart people would get right on that and see to it that it makes its way into a decent looking pickup truck.

 

[dmurray14]

I'll get right on it...

 

[Pepsi90919]

roflcopter.

 

[Evadman]

I would love to see a CVT that could handle 300 ft/lbs. CVT's are not very strong, and are sad at transfering large amounts of torque. One that could handle 800 ft/lbs would weigh more than the entire truck.

 

[Squisher]

Even with dry sump oiling radial engines suffer from lube issues due to that gravity thing.

 

[z0mb13]

what are advantages of the CVT transmission?

 

[lobadobadingdong]

an 8litre radial engine in a passenger truck would be too large to mount under the hood. esp. with all the electonics, turbo, etc. (heck, it would likely be too large to mount in a commercial rig)

 

[sciencewhiz]

I'll get on it as soon as I receive payment. I will do it T&M at $500/hr or fixed price for 800 million dollars.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Ask Munchies, he's the resident Keyboard Engineer ...

- M4H

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
what are advantages of the CVT transmission?

infinate gear ratios. Say that ytour engine makes 120 HP at 5000 rpm, 100 at 6000 and less than 100 below 4000. witha cvt, you stomp on the gas and the engine stays right at 5000 RPM till you run out of road. No shifting at all, so your engine stays dead center in the powerband from 20 to 120.

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Ask Munchies, he's the resident Keyboard Engineer ...
- M4H

You mentioned that name. I must now kill you.

 

[Fingers]

shutting down fuel while keeping air circulating will lean it out way too m8uch and destroy the piston rings. and plus 2 stoke engines suck, gotta burn oil directly. but other than that nice idea.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: z0mb13
what are advantages of the CVT transmission?

infinate gear ratios. Say that ytour engine makes 120 HP at 5000 rpm, 100 at 6000 and less than 100 below 4000. witha cvt, you stomp on the gas and the engine stays right at 5000 RPM till you run out of road. No shifting at all, so your engine stays dead center in the powerband from 20 to 120.

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Ask Munchies, he's the resident Keyboard Engineer ...
- M4H

You mentioned that name. I must now kill you.

Don't make me hit you with one of his Hopped 302s y0, they're m4d tYt3 and the best engines EVAR, and no one uses stolen code on their sh!tty website ...

- M4H

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Fingers
shutting down fuel while keeping air circulating will lean it out way too m8uch and destroy the piston rings.

It is impossible to run a diesel too lean. A 4 cycle one anyway.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Don't make me hit you with one of his Hopped 302s y0, they're m4d tYt3 and the best engines EVAR, and no one uses stolen code on their sh!tty website ...

- M4H

Dude, he rebuilds 15 IH engines a week y0! There are maybe only 100 IH engines left on the planet, so he rebuilds the same IH engine every 7 weeks. Those be m4d skillz!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

For those who don't get the reference.

- M4H

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: Fingers
shutting down fuel while keeping air circulating will lean it out way too m8uch and destroy the piston rings. and plus 2 stoke engines suck, gotta burn oil directly. but other than that nice idea.

2 stroke diesel engines don't burn oil, there lubricated like any other engine

 

[Kalvin00]

I would just love for munchies to come in and respond. :laugh:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
I would just love for munchies to come in and respond. :laugh:

I'm rereading the old thread now. Four months old and still hilarious

- M4H

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: munchies
Radial engines have been used since the early 1800's on many cars, including the model T. In fact, IH was the first company to come out with an inline radial air cooled engine. There were many exciting features on this engine, including dual dizzys and an abiltiy to subject the laws of physics and injest more water than fuel for better fuel economy. The fuel system would turnt he fuel into mist in the inside of the tank, where water would condense. This condensate was fed into the injectors along with the fuel in order to get longer life from the injectors, along with increased fuel efficency. It blew my mind the first time I saw one. It was in a Fire Truck.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
an 8litre radial engine in a passenger truck would be too large to mount under the hood. esp. with all the electonics, turbo, etc. (heck, it would likely be too large to mount in a commercial rig)

Bingo. Radials are friggin' huge and there's no way you could get one to fit right. The crankshaft is too high relative to the bottom of the engine for it to mate properly with a transmission and still have an acceptable driveshaft angle.

ZV