100 Mpg Mustang V8?

[ikester7579 19]

We often hear rumors about people who make a car get 100 mpg. But the guy often disappears along with his car. Which makes one wonder if it was just a myth. Now there is actually a competition going on where you can get money to make a car do this. And this one guy has spent about 1/4 of a million dollars to prove that it can be done. Not that it will cost that to buy the car, but time and research and development cost more. But here is the video.

 

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[MRC_Hans 0]

We often hear rumors about people who make a car get 100 mpg. But the guy often disappears along with his car. Which makes one wonder if it was just a myth. Now there is actually a competition going on where you can get money to make a car do this. And this one guy has spent about 1/4 of a million dollars to prove that it can be done. Not that it will cost that to buy the car, but time and research and development cost more. But here is the video.

 

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It is certainly possible to build a car that does 100mpg. What is not possible is to modify a normal car with a normal piston engine to do so.

 

The most economical commercially available car is the (discontinued) VW Lupo which runs 100km on 3 liters, (appr. 78mpg). That is a small, light hatchback with a highly optimized diesel engine. Thus, for a car built for the purpose, 100mpg should not be out of reach.

 

One of the problems with super-economical cars is that they need to be light, and this will almost inevitably mean that you have to compromize on safety, and, of course, space.

 

Hans

[scott 3]

A 100mpg V8 mustang doesn't sound all that bad. Only problem is that to produce power with the V8, you have to feed it fuel, and without a decent amount of fuel to burn, how will the mustangs 215 horsepower small block V8 be able to produce enough power to get moving without burning more fuel than a 4 cylinder 4 valve car???

 

Also that mustang shown in the video is one of the lightest mustangs ever built, a Fox body coupe. I have seen and read in mustang articles that with the technology of turbos, it is possible to get 22mpg with 500 horsepower. But I am used to decreasing a mustangs gas mileage, I was just going to keep burning as much fuel as I can until Revelation. Also, seeing as how oil can be made from compressed carbon, or dead organisms, I still don't see why no one is just making oil out of our waste instead of drilling it out of the ground. Carbon based products are the most renewable sources on the planet.

[ikester7579 19]

If you make the V8 more efficent at using the fuel for power then less fuel is needed. And the horse power is maintained. That is what this guy did. He took a V8 motor, had it run on all 8 cylinders. Spent 1 quarter of a million dollars and 40 years of research (RND). And the final result is what you see. Cars only use 3-7% of the power produced by the fuel. This guy increased that to 27%. Which means less fuel is required to make the car go. And it translates into more horse power.

 

Now what he did is not known. And because no one else has ever done it, he has patents on all his ideas. To get patents means his ideas are new. So this is something that has never been done before. The engine produces 300 horsepower and 400 foot pounds of torque. And that was from increasing the efficency of how the motor uses the power produced by the fuel.

[ikester7579 19]

I never thought they would reveal some of the secrets of this engine, but here it is:

 

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But, if you think the mainstream industry is really interested in this, think again. This would put more money in the pockets of everyone where ever used. But because no one really wanted it, it went the way of a car hardly anyone can afford.

 

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250,000 dollars anyone?