The Elio Engine

[WilliamH]

Reality for the other side.
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Man, that exhaust manifold sure would look good in shiny.

Someone help me out.
I recognize the truncated conical air cleaner. Not a problem.
But what is that red filter looking thing on the left end of the camshaft?

 

[Anderson Howard]

Someone help me out.
I recognize the truncated conical air cleaner. Not a problem.
But what is that red filter looking thing on the left end of the camshaft?

At one time there was to be a 2 step cam. It had 2 lobes side by side and it would move to open the valves more for more power and run on the other lobe for cruise. It may be the solenoid that would move the cam.

 

[Coss]

Someone help me out.
I recognize the truncated conical air cleaner. Not a problem.
But what is that red filter looking thing on the left end of the camshaft?

Come on now, you're old enough to remember when they used to put breathers on the valve covers; that were later replaced by EGR valves.
Same thing.

They looked like this from the bottom

And like this from the top

 

[Maurtis]

Someone help me out.
I recognize the truncated conical air cleaner. Not a problem.
But what is that red filter looking thing on the left end of the camshaft?

Crankcase breather filter. Usually instead of just a filter you would have a PCV system that recycles oily crankcase vapor back into the intake to get burned. In this case is it just vented to the atmosphere. I highly doubt that will make it into production like that.

 

[W. WIllie]

Right, strict emmissions rule.

 

[booboo]

Joeker88 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mel]

Crankcase breather filter. Usually instead of just a filter you would have a PCV system that recycles oily crankcase vapor back into the intake to get burned. In this case is it just vented to the atmosphere. I highly doubt that will make it into production like that.

Or maybe it will. Remember, we're talking motorcycle rules here, not auto rules.

 

[booboo]

Or maybe it will. Remember, we're talking motorcycle rules here, not auto rules.

https://www.eliomotors.com/elio-mot...-exemption-for-enclosed-three-wheel-vehicles/

 

[Kuda]

https://www.eliomotors.com/elio-mot...-exemption-for-enclosed-three-wheel-vehicles/

If the Fed regs for 'Autocycles'
goes thru the trade off will
be 'Cafe Credits' vs clean
air stds......

 

[Maurtis]

Even if classified as a motorcycle, can motorcycles legally vent the crankcase to the atmosphere from the factory? None of the bikes I have owned from the last 30 years did that, I really do not recall if my older bikes vented to the airbox or atmo.

I did modify one of my bikes to ditch the airbox and use individual Uni pod filters so had a crankcase filter like Elio is using. But since that was modifying the stock emissions equipment it was technically illegal.