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To me this is a huge kick in the crotch. All of that money, our money, went into developing a bespoke Elio gasoline engine. All because Paul said it was the only way to get to 84mpg and keep costs down. Soon that changed to some mystery outside supplier engine. Money wasted. All along many of...

I'm still here, too! And still simply waiting. What will ultimately come of all this I do not know, but I'm not wringing my hands or twisting my undies in a bunch over any of it. I do feel apathetic towards this whole project, however, and that's never a good thing.

Please read the following in the most simplistic of mindsets and disregard many of the ticky tacky technicalities I've failed to mention. If you've picked up on them you already know that to cover it in depth would require pages and pages no one would read... so here goes! in layman terms. So...

"Paul Elio and most if not all of EM's Board members have long time connections to the auto manufacturing industry. They all know exactly what it takes to develop a new vehicle concept as a new start up manufacturer and exactly where they currently are in the get to production cycle. It's not a...

What has been seen, cannot be unseen! There are some ingenious but fugly contraptions in this thread. :confused:

I believe that is Bob Shotwell

The 3rd brake lamp on my wife's new vehicle flashes rapidly upon initial application (about 4 flashes) and then burns steadily for the rest of the brake duration. If the brake pedal is 'pumped' the flash sequence only happens once. It seems to reset the flash sequence after the brake lights...

Hi all, I don't post or follow too closely anymore so apologies in advance for jumping in. But, from a birds eye view, it is interesting that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Change: Elio bespoke engine up and running in the P5 (despite naysayers telling all that no real...

And know your market. Smart had available in Europe the Smart Roadster. It looked better in person, performed well with a small turbo, and could easily swallow 2 6' adults. A friend of mine in the U.K. had a black one; nice nimble little car. They even had a brabus version available. If they...

Very sad news. My Elio will now have 2 options; speed control and a 'Z' sticker. Happy journeys, Zelio.

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1141861,pgname,Engine I love these guys. I can build an entire GEO metro 3cyl engine from scratch using off the shelf parts, ordered here. Take away the head, crank and block castings and the rest seems to be in current production. I didn't look far...

Your MR2 spyder does indeed have a clutch, but its actuation is controlled by a computer, not your foot.

Now where to hide the batteries? Or maybe just a small battery set. Use it like electric nitrous!

Here is a very good article that explains all the different transmissions. It's not technical, but I know a few technical folks who should definitely read it! http://www.caradvice.com.au/278721/transmissions-explained-manual-v-automatic-v-dual-clutch-v-cvt-v-others/ I agree with the author...

Sounds like their mind is made up then. I wonder if it will do all the shifting automatically or if the gears still have to be commanded like in the old Toyota MR2 automanual? If they used a dual clutch sequential trans I'd definitly buy the auto. But with an actual manual albeit controlled by...

I'm leaning toward it being a dual clutch auto configuration as well, but it is possible to be an 'automatic' manual. Toyota did this with the MR2 spyder; it was a true manual transmission with the clutch and gearshift mechanism controlled via solenoids/actuators by the computer. This is more...

The specific pollutant is Nitrogen Oxide. High compression engines (again, in general) produce more Nitrogen Oxide emmissions than low compression engines. It takes high temps to produce NOx and High compression raises combustion chamber temps where the NOx are produced. The European standards...

The high stresses placed on timing chains by direct injection is increasing service intervals. Most direct injection systems require additional fuel pumps capable of producing very high pressures in order for the injectors to 'work' (I say 'work' to keep it simple). These pumps are often...

Indeed. Volvo for example, has been using the cam cover as the upper cam bearing for years; http://www.atthetipwebs.com/technologyinstructions/volvo/S70/PICT7968-Small.JPG It makes for a stiffer assembly as the cam cover is a bearing cap girdle at that point. No cam flex happening here.

Just wanted to add some details for you as I own both types of hybrids. I have a 2011 MKZ (Fusion) hybrid and the system is transparent. It is a full hybrid. No lag from a start, no lack of A/C in the summer or heat in the winter due to electrically and mechanically driven A/C compressor and...