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#346
DI is what really enables the turbo in gasoline engines.
#347
With direct injection, fuel is injected when it's needed. I understand that there is still more to it, but that's what computers are for. I think wikipedia is outdated with respect to the latest DI gasoline engine technology.
DI is what really enables the turbo in gasoline engines.
DI is what really enables the turbo in gasoline engines.
Anyway, you would know that American cops are far more gun ho in comparison to Euro cops. American cops aren't afraid to use their cars like battery rams whereas the culture in Europe allows police to operate their cars much like the public -A to B transport. In other words the rigors of the cop car in the USA would be too much for a lot of Euro machinery.
I'm sure the US police have already trialed many forced engines, hence, their underwhelming reaction.
#348
Originally Posted by jg95z28
Imagine a version of the DI V6 combined with some form of AFM. Could a 350hp V6 produce 4 cylinder comparable fuel mileage in economy mode?
Originally Posted by SSbaby
I'm not sure that DI has any real bearing on the benefits of turbocharging diesels vs gasoline
Also, a lot of the DI work was done with technology from and individuals experienced with modern diesel engines. Bosch is not hurting right now.
Originally Posted by teal98
Turbo gas engines can be made just as reliable as turbo diesels with modern electronic controls.
This thread is getting good! Lots of tech talk creeping in!
#350
In theory, yes. But one of the reasons the diesel engines are so reliable is because they're giant heavy slugs of metal. If you made a gasoline engine that stout, it'd weigh as much as a diesel, and without HCCI it wouldn't be as powerful - So in theory yes, in real life, no. Find me a gasoline V8 - ANY gasoline V8 - that can survive in work trucks like a good Cummins diesel.
I think the main problem with any unit body car for police duty is that repairs will be more expensive. With FWD, there are a lot of expensive parts up front, relatively unprotected too. If you hit the curb too hard in a Taurus, it seems to me the repair bill could be much much more than it would be in a Crown Vic. But then a Charger or Commodore likely would also be more expensive than a Crown Vic -- but probably not as much as a Taurus, on average.
#351
DI helps a lot but it still requires a spark plug - the real holy grail is HCCI - you can run some crazy stupid A:F ratios and the spark plug is no longer required once the engine gets to temperature. We've seen and heard about HCCI engines for the better part of a decade - but nothing even close to production - because HCCI is simply brutal on the lightweight internals of a gasoline engine and the emissions out the tailpipe get really wild when you go past a 25:1 ultra-lean-burn cycle.
#352
I was reading one of the more recent issues of Automotive Engineering and there was a quarter page blurb about some tech company that had developed a way to ignite the fuel/air mix without a spark plug... basically describing HCCI. Not new. One of the reasons I stopped my subscription to the magazine is that it just doesn't keep up with technology like it should and I was honestly wasting time reading it.
Honda had a running prototype 5 years ago, but we really don't hear anything the technology a full 5 years later. In theory, the system should be cheaper and simpler than a hybrid and net similar (or better) efficiency gains. All the big auto companies pumped millions into the technology - but no visible results to anyone on the outside. I think this is due to a combination of the limit of a realistic ECU at the time and automotive companies kinda saving the technology for a "rainy day" to appease the political machine only when necessary. Give em an inch, they'll take a mile.
Do I see a future? Of course. With CAFE looming around the corner, It has GOT to be on the radar. I'd wager it'll finally start seeing use in production vehicles come 2014 or 2015.
There was a GM/Stanford/Bosch effort worth $2.5 million done back in 05 as well. I can't find any links to results of that research though.
Originally Posted by greencarcongress.com
28 October 2005
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Honda may introduce an HCCI-type engine in a hybrid application that could result in a new Civic hybrid achieving as much as 65 mpg—30% better than the new 2006 version.
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Honda may introduce an HCCI-type engine in a hybrid application that could result in a new Civic hybrid achieving as much as 65 mpg—30% better than the new 2006 version.
Do I see a future? Of course. With CAFE looming around the corner, It has GOT to be on the radar. I'd wager it'll finally start seeing use in production vehicles come 2014 or 2015.
There was a GM/Stanford/Bosch effort worth $2.5 million done back in 05 as well. I can't find any links to results of that research though.
#353
On a side note..I was at Camaro5Fest this weekend, and it was by far the largest Camaro show I have been too. The vendor and enthusiast support was a amazing. Though I know some will never agree..but after experiancing that, it is IMPOSSIBLE to label the current car anything but a resounding previously unimaginable success. Remember..the goal of the car business is to sell what people want...and GM has nailed that for enough people with the current car, that they deserve credit.
#354
Geoff GM had a running test car using HCCI, I believe at the time the only car that had the technology if only at idle and low RPM. It was a Saturn Aura. GM put it on display along side a moddified Gen IV with direct injection in an Escalade.
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