The Turbo Elio Is Coming!

[Ekh]

Hope this isn't a duplicate post, but it's on the EM site and here:

http://www.insidercarnews.com/exclu...ng-at-forced-induction-and-tdi-in-the-future/

AND you can retrofit it after purchase -- result, 0-60 in under 6 seconds!

 

[JEBar]

nice to read of the plan to make it available for retrofitting to one of the early edition vehicles

 

[pistonboy]

I like this comment the author made:

After speaking with Paul Elio and his team, I think that all of the delays are justified, and they are all because Elio wants to get his company off on the right foot. I salute him for that. If only every startup automaker would take this slow-and-steady route, we’d have more Teslas and fewer Fiskers…

Read more: http://www.insidercarnews.com/exclusive-story-elio-motors-looking-at-forced-induction-and-tdi-in-the-future/#ixzz3dTYLFvQE

 

[Thomas Maule]

Duplicate: http://elioowners.com/threads/nice-article-good-press.6243/

 

[ecdriver711]

I think Elio is going to have a great sales pitch when they say any of their options can be added at a latter date.

 

[ElioDigger]

agree, Can mod at your own pace.

 

[NSTG8R]

Not trying to split hairs here, but the article refers to a Supercharger, not a Turbo. Different animals.

 

[skygazer6033]

NSTG8R --- I caught that myself. However since the name of the company is "Precision Turbo" it's hard to make a guess as to which type of device is being discussed. Supercharger or Turbo, both have their advantages but neither would be plug and play without fairly serious internal modifications to the original engines.

 

[Ray O]

I think Elio is going to have a great sales pitch when they say any of their options can be added at a latter date.

I like the way you think. It gets everyone an opportunity to make it there own.

 

[NSTG8R]

NSTG8R --- I caught that myself. However since the name of the company is "Precision Turbo" it's hard to make a guess as to which type of device is being discussed. Supercharger or Turbo, both have their advantages but neither would be plug and play without fairly serious internal modifications to the original engines.

Extra HP is always a good thing, and I like the mention of first year vehicles being able to opt for a retrofit and still be covered by the warranty. As for the internals, I'm hoping they had the supercharger/turbo/whichever in mind when they engineered the lower end. As for lowering the compression ratio, it should be as simple as adding a spacer plate between the head and the block. I'm going to keep mine NA unless they can show that the same mpg can be acheived with a supercharger/turbo/whichever. 84 mile round-trip to work everyday.