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smokey yunick ??? of turbo buick /indy fame had a duel turbo heat exchanger that pre heated the fuel using the wasted exhaust. which makes sense due to the fact it takes energy to convert any type of matter from a liquid to a gas to burn it anyway (which a carb only vaporizes at best),spun it through a turbo and put the pressure to the intake. If I recalled the article properly he got close to 600hp in performance mode and 50 + mpg in a grand national 3.8 liter in the 80's
really don't know if the added cost would out weigh the benefits of a stop and go city driving but someone that does a lot of highway driving would
I believe the government and big business has suppressed all kinds of technology all for the fear of the dollar.
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that equation works for maximum horse power, we were talking about economy and the fact that most factory turbo/superchargers operate around 7-9 psi where expensive machining like o-ringing a block and better materials do not justify the cost of something that is designed to die or rust out at 100,000 miles. there are thresh holds were one drops off and one gains like horsepower vs torque
I believe that hybrids are the way to go like diesel/electric locomotives ,a few manufactures are looking in this direction already. One was ford with a bio- diesel 2-stroke over in Europe.I loved the sound of my step fathers L-9000 Detroit !!!!
fuel economy is something that only a movie star can afford because the government has yet to get real serious about giving real tax breaks or incentives to the average joe /soccer moms to pursue our independence of foreign oil !!!!
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I did mention by liking to diesels ,but lets face it ,the manufactures are not going to allow them selves to put out of business with 1,000,000 mile life span cars or cars that get 100 mpg or stainless steel/composite vehicle's that will never rust out. There is no money in it for them, it would kill millions of jobs linked to the already collapsing auto industry from just foreign markets, I guess what comes around goes around, wouldn't MR. Tucker and a few other pioneering people love to see the big 3 demise ..... Pay back is a B_____ . MY feelings only, the only way were are going to see 100 mpg cars is a socialistic move by the government and that will never happen in the USA due to our capitalistic economy. BEWARE when some one calls you COMRADE
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