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07-18-2009, 10:04 PM
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hopefully it will work a lot better than their 2 piece designed spark plugs |
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07-18-2009, 10:14 PM
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#27 | RS controls my life!
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why don't they design a new engine, its long over due that they design something effiecent and powerful too.
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07-18-2009, 10:24 PM
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#28 | Banned (ABWS)
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no matter what happens, combustion engines can only have a maximum of ~21% (correct me if i'm wrong) efficiency.
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07-19-2009, 08:03 AM
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#29 | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Originally Posted by orange7 no matter what happens, combustion engines can only have a maximum of ~21% (correct me if i'm wrong) efficiency. | You're close.. steel engine blocks are thermodynamically limited to around 37% efficiency. But.. on average, once you throw all the emissions crap on there (EGR, air pump, etc) it is down around 20%... so that's where your ~21% comes in.
Look up a six-stroke engine... then you get into the 40% efficiency range. No cooling system required either!
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07-19-2009, 08:15 AM
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#30 | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Lomac Ever played around with the laser out of a 16x rewritable dvd drive? ![](http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons/wink.gif) | if he was talking about the AAA laser pointer, then no...it's just regular disco/clubbing green laser
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07-19-2009, 09:48 AM
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#31 | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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My buddy's got a 500mW fine beam laser.
It's powerful enough to light up buildings across burrard inlet, or to cause instant blindness.
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07-19-2009, 10:36 AM
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it would be smart of them to play on this tech development and hire mike meyers to do his dr evil character as a spokes person for their marketing compaign.
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07-19-2009, 03:22 PM
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#33 | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Interesting idea. I wonder how much of a real world difference it will make? I also wonder how they'll get around carbon buildup fouling the lense? Maybe the lenser will be self cleaning in a sense if the beam can burn through the carbon. Quote:
Originally Posted by FS1992EG why don't they design a new engine, its long over due that they design something effiecent and powerful too. | You mean like the Ecoboost? http://www.ford.ca/app/fo/en/environ...es/ecoboost.do
Or a new engine technology altogether?
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07-19-2009, 05:42 PM
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Wowsers. Just when you thought the M3 sparkplug appeared to be at its limit using its own processor, this comes along.
Looks a like decent Sunday night read.
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07-20-2009, 04:26 PM
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#35 | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by asian_XL umm...no, do you even own one? it doesn't burn shit | yes it does
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