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07-04-2008, 11:51 AM
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Location: Florence, Oregon
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It wil be interesting to see how this plays out!! But seems far fetched! No loss of power, 400 HP, over 100 MPG. I feel like the AFLAC duck, just shaking my head!!!
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07-04-2008, 11:52 AM
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Location: Hampden, MA
Drive: smart fortwo passion coupe
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Every mile we drive we give a bunch of heat away (energy) learn to harness it and you will make more money than Bill Gates.
karl I wish the gentleman all the luck in the world.
karl
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07-04-2008, 12:02 PM
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Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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AND 0 to 60 in 3 seconds from 400 HP????? GMAB
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07-04-2008, 01:47 PM
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Location: Orlando, FL
Drive: 08 Smart red/black/red
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Originally Posted by piglith
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I saw this on CNN. They have a couple of things wrong here. "Engineer" is not the correct term. More accurately, the guy is a "mechanic." And from listening to him and reading what he says in the referenced interview, I don't think he has the mechanical engineering background to support his claims. The article offers no technical information on his "discovery." If he really had something like he claims, he would have patented it, sold it, and been waving his patent approval paperwork in front of the camera on his way to the Caribbean. But he knows what to tell the press to get his fifteen minutes of fame. The CNN video seemed to be equally him and his collection of Ford Muscle cars/trucks.
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07-04-2008, 03:02 PM
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#7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Macaw
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Gawd, I remember those articles in PopSci and PopMech that detailed Smokey's adiabatic engines. Yikes, I'm old.
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07-04-2008, 05:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Macaw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smart Enuf
Gawd, I remember those articles in PopSci and PopMech that detailed Smokey's adiabatic engines. Yikes, I'm old.
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sorry, don't remember the articles, but i DO remember Smokey Yunick and the "Best Damn Garage in Town". back in the '60s, his black and gold Chevys' were the scourge of NASCAR. i'm sure each time one of his cars went through 'tech' they were expecting to find just about anything and usually found nothing. he was too smart and clever for them. but i do recall him always having some 'invention' that he was working on. back in those days, it was either he or Andy Granatelli who were always coming up with something.
Andy's deal for a long time was the "Paxton Supercharger", adding it to everything from 413 Mopar to a Studebaker. eventually he moved on to bigger and better things......TURBINES!!! 
now THAT'S what we need, a turbine powered SMART! 
Last edited by MENSA42; 07-04-2008 at 05:24 PM.
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07-04-2008, 05:57 PM
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Location: Orlando, FL
Drive: 08 Smart red/black/red
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Originally Posted by Macaw
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I thought about Smokey when I was reading the article. The difference is that Smokey made a name for himself in NASCAR (and they did occasionally find the things he had that broke the rules). This guy is a total unknown. And I can probably go out in my driveway and check again, but I don't think that my smart has an adiabatic engine, it has what this latest hoser-of-the-week called a "rod and piston" engine. He might have gains some cred had he referred to it as an "otto cycle" engine, but I'm betting the term would be new to him.
Last edited by Red_fortwo; 07-04-2008 at 06:09 PM.
Reason: Spell check can't help if it's the right word in the wrong place.
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