Makes you wonder, all the miracle milage enhancers of the past that were bs,like the 100 mpg carb and stuff. 400 hp and 80 mpg ? Big oil will give him a heart attack if it is true and carry on. I've been loyal to GM especially Chevrolet since I was a kid but along with the ugly gas guzzlin' SUVs they should have developed a high mpg cool car to drive. Some super efficient turbo 4 cylinder or something that gets 50-60 mpg. People would sure as hell buy them now.

 

When did I say that? It is definitely more efficient, if 50 years didn't change anything I'd be pretty worried. But I'm still hesitant to think that's the best we can do...

edit: I also find it disturbing that my ancient 3.8 Buick will outdo any current midsize in terms of acceleration and MPG.

 

What you said was "No one has been able to improve the ICE to get better gas mileage." Now you're saying "Ok, they improved it, but I don't think they did the best they could." You changed your tune, man.

 

The fact you can actually get 300+ rwhp out of an engine that gets 25+ mpg highway is pretty incredible when you really think about it.

If you try and compare an engine from the 60's or 70's to one built today you are missing out on so much. The engine is greatly improved in every way except ease of service.

 

Funny thing to me, is everyone is calling b.s.; it says the guy claims he has spent 1.4 million in technology and patents, i don't think someone drops a 1.4mil to get recognized, only by some tiny online site; it also states he has found a partner, Rocket Ventures, which after just a second of resarch, you find is a legit company, with a reputation for helping businesses grow ALOT, this partnership was apparently verified by the reporter, because he got a quote from Todd Davies, business development manager of Rocket Ventures.

You better believe this guy is a genius, and has plans of making ALOT of money. it sounds like he is using th contest next year, to prove it's for real, then he will sell his patents to a major auto manufactor for a very pretty penny; he realizes he can't just give it to the manufatuers just yet, as he said he was afraid the people would never see it.

I don't believe everything i hear, im generally pretty skeptical, but if a 400hp vette can get 30mpg highway, and cars with half that horsepower, get just a little bit more or sometimes less mpg...what makes anyone think technology can't get a 40hp,500tq,80mpg done?

I wouldn't expect to see this technology tomorrow, but I definately wouldn't pull the b.s. flag on this one

 

If it is true and can be retrofitted to other engines then happy freakin' days ! I'll keep an eye out for the contest and see how he does.

 

I want a dramatic improvement, things like displacement on demand add what... 2% to fuel economy? Look at what really improved the fuel economy of a 67 Camaro vs a 97 Camaro. The 97 gets a 0.5 top gear and the 67 gets a top gear of 1:1. So already the 67 is going to get progressively worse mileage at any speed over 50. Back then the carburated motors got low end cams, in the end none of these motors were designed for efficiency becuase no one cared. A guy in my old f-body club got 12 MPG in his 67 I believe, my LT1 got 18. Huge improvement for 30 years.

 

My geuss for what he is doing is; High compression (maybe 14-15:1) ,Boosted, Direct injection, Cylinder diactivation, and tuned it to run crazy lean.

 

Did he install one of these?

 

Those are only worth like 15hp each so he would need like 20 of them.

 

YES! Perhaps combind with...

 

Of course we have improved the design and improved the parts to make the engines more powerful and slightly better with fuel economy....

But, in the last 50 years, we have jumped leaps and bounds in technology.... We have things today and knowledge of the world that was science fiction back then....

Yet, we cannot design a better engine. Today's engines are based on the same design 100 years ago...

With jets, space shuttles, mars landers, super computers, nano technology, etc. you think we could design something a little better..... IN fact, we should have, buy until recently no one has cared due to low fuel prices

 

You think the movie was biased? It was called "Who killed the electric car?" Did you think it was going to be a documentary? No, it is an editorial.
No. I think the public's buying habits need to match their needs. If people cared about the environment or fuel economy then they need to demonstrate that there IS a need for this type of vehicle through their buying habits.

 

VW had a bug getting 84mpg back in the 60's:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9XUKOUbp_PA

 

Don't you guys remember the MYT engine?