Hot Off The Press: Intent To Manufacture Engines Signed With Linamar

[Ekh]

That is SWEET! Just a couple of comments:

1. It is very polite; dare I say, "British", to paint a bullseye right where the pilot is sitting.
2. If you can put a rifle up front where that fake gun is, you could have an excellent platform for shooting deer.

Part of a long British tradition that kept them from winning the Am. Rev, war:

 

[Sethodine]

I was thinking more along these lines:

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I'll take one! But personally I'd rather have the standard cab with longer bed

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

The more of these engines that are released, the more mods will be available. If Nissan can make a 3 Cylinder engine with 400 HP, why can't this one get close to that with proper tweaking?

Because Elio isn't a sports car.

 

[Muzhik]

I was thinking more along these lines:

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I can't wait until the IAV comes out and we can get some numbers on what happens when you put it into something like that! Maybe a small taxi that gets 40MPG in the city?

 

[Sethodine]

Because Elio isn't a sports car.

Chevy Cobalt: 171 hp

Ariel Atom: 300hp

Same engine, but one of these cars is a lemon and one of them can beat a Lamborghini off the line. It all depends on what you do to the motor

 

[wizard of ahs]

Chevy Cobalt: 171 hp

Ariel Atom: 300hp

Same engine, but one of these cars is a lemon and one of them can beat a Lamborghini off the line. It all depends on what you do to the motor

Yep...........speed cost $$$$...........how fast do you want to go

 

[Frim]

I don't think the turbo version would require an upgrade. It's always been in the back of Paul's mind and everybody else's that this thing would scream with a turbo, and IAV engineered a hole and bolt holes into the engine specufically for this purpose. So obviously the engine itself is robust enough to support at least a moderate boost turbo. After all, it won't take a whole heck of a lot to change 55 horsepower into 70 horsepower and watch the little puppy scream. Arranging all the appropriate plumbing and the exhaust routings might get tricky, but I think the engine itself would work just fine with the turbo.

You all may recall that IAV was actively playing with a turbo for it before the first engine was built.

The Toyota 22-RE has a normally aspirated Compression ration of 9.4:1 The 22-REt (turbo) has a compression ratio or 7.5 (reported). If a lower compression ratio is required for the turbo, it doesn't seem that the Elio engine with a ratio of 12:1 is a very good candidate for a turbo. Just my thoughts on the subject.

 

[TCBronson]

The Toyota 22-RE has a normally aspirated Compression ration of 9.4:1 The 22-REt (turbo) has a compression ratio or 7.5 (reported). If a lower compression ratio is required for the turbo, it doesn't seem that the Elio engine with a ratio of 12:1 is a very good candidate for a turbo. Just my thoughts on the subject.

I agree, a turbo engine would require a lower compression ratio but I think it would just require a new head to lower the compression ratio. Just my opinion.

 

[Ekh]

I agree, a turbo engine would require a lower compression ratio but I think it would just require a new head to lower the compression ratio. Just my opinion.

Would a thicker head gasket do it?

 

[TCBronson]

Would a thicker head gasket do it?

I don't know if that would lower the compression ratio enough or increase the possibility of a blown head gasket due to the higher pressures in side the head.