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| I have one criticism for this. I cannot speak to the cost vs fuel economy of meeting emissions, but what I do know is this. That engine in the Ford Flex would be hard pressed to last 10,000 or 15,000 hours at the load factors that off-road diesels run. Durability has been a huge problem in the last couple years and we really need to figure that out before we go changing the whole principle of combustion. 30 bmep sounds great, but you still need to hold in some high pressure, and that takes alot of fancy alloys and money. That Ford is around 10 atm bmep and modern diesel is like 7-9 atm bmep. I do believe, though, that the only way to make this go is to start at the pickup level. In fact I would be more than willing to offer some help if I can (No money, but I have some brain power to spare, PM me for more details). We need to move forward, striking a balance between economy, durability, and emissions, and frankly we are a little heavy on the emissions/economy side of things at the moment. I don't want to come off as a pessimist, just a realist. | |
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Breaking OPEC ; Ethanol Optimized Engine Project
