Horse Power

[ross]

The new Hot Rod magazine has a couple of articles that might of interest here. On page 20 is a story of Volvo's 2.0 Liter motor with three turbos, making 450 HP. 225 HP per liter. On page 16 is a story of a Kawasaki Ninja 1.0 Liter motor making 300 HP. Seriously, 998cc four cylinder making 296 HP. And on page 18 is a story of Audi making diesel out of air, water, and electricity. What a crazy time we live in.

 

[electroken]

The Kawasaki H2 and H2R are definitely cool machines. Their superchargers are works of art.

I have to wonder about making a hydrocarbon from air, water, and electricity.

Hydrogen cars sound like a great idea, but the energy required to dissociate the hydrogen from oxygen in water exceeds the energy released when they recombine in a hydrogen fuel cell. I have a feeling the same is true for this stew of CO2, water, and electrons.

 

[karl]

The Kawasaki H2 and H2R are definitely cool machines. Their superchargers are works of art.

I have to wonder about making a hydrocarbon from air, water, and electricity.

Hydrogen cars sound like a great idea, but the energy required to dissociate the hydrogen from oxygen in water exceeds the energy released when they recombine in a hydrogen fuel cell. I have a feeling the same is true for this stew of CO2, water, and electrons.

Learning how the building blocks work can't be a bad thing...

 

[ecdriver711]

The new Hot Rod magazine has a couple of articles that might of interest here. On page 20 is a story of Volvo's 2.0 Liter motor with three turbos, making 450 HP. 225 HP per liter. On page 16 is a story of a Kawasaki Ninja 1.0 Liter motor making 300 HP. Seriously, 998cc four cylinder making 296 HP. And on page 18 is a story of Audi making diesel out of air, water, and electricity. What a crazy time we live in.

Just think how long a 55hp engine will last if, say, those engines make 100,000miles.

 

[charchri4]

And here I was thinking a 100 HP Elio would be about right....

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Just think how long a 55hp engine will last if, say, those engines make 100,000miles.

I'll take reliability too...

 

[RKing]

i can't afford the speeding tickets from lots of horses! Now good torque and a real tight road make me grin REALLY big! Elio and the Dragon!

 

[ross]

Just think what a lightweight, aerodynamic car, with a few extra horses could do at Bonneville, or the Texas Mile. What would it take to put one in the 200 mile an hour club? You know someone is going to do it. It already has a full roll cage and air bags. I have seen more Studebakers at Bonneville than I've ever seen on the street, for one reason, a 1950 Starlight coupe or Silver Hawk and especially an Avanti is a lot more aerodynamic than a 2015 Prius. I gotta believe 1,200 pounds, 350- 400 HP, and the aerodynamics of the E-car, can put a red cap on anyone crazy enough to do it

 

[charchri4]

i can't afford the speeding tickets from lots of horses! Now good torque and a real tight road make me grin REALLY big! Elio and the Dragon!

I had to laugh at this because I have owned dozens of high powered cars over the years and all told have gotten way more speeding tickets in my winter beaters than my hot rods. Granted I usually put about twice the miles on the beater in a year than the good cars but still...

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

Yup, cops go after the people they can catch, which is why you never want to be the caboose in a train of cars going 20+ over the limit even though it is fun doing 90+ on I-95.

Just don't do it while travelling through a hurricane band... that was scary as hell.