Duesenberg rises from the grave
New Torpedo Coupé to use radical engine
Duesenberg Torpedo Coupe
Designed by Jeff Teague, it'll be a four-seater with a unique engine. According to one source, it uses a CEM (Cylindrical Energy Module) engine.
Wassat? It's "an air-cooled, self lubricating, forced-air inducted (supercharged), 12-cylinder, double ended, ported, multi-fuelled, four-stroke engine", and it's made by Eddie Paul Industries. Despite its 300bhp output, it's said to return 70 mpg from a package weighing a mere 45Kg -- a power-to-weight ratio that's unparalleled. It's tiny too, at 18 inches in diameter and 24 inches long. There's more about it on the EPI site (see link below).
Other details on the car are sparse though, and you have to wonder if this will ever see the light of day. If it does, though, expect to see the US auto industry line up to kill it: Ford and GM don't want to see their established technology challenged, unless it's by their own R&D departments.
Links
article said:
Other details on the car are sparse though, and you have to wonder if this will ever see the light of day. If it does, though, expect to see the US auto industry line up to kill it: Ford and GM don't want to see their established technology challenged, unless it's by their own R&D departments.
Bit barbed isn't it... name a company that would want to see their established technology blown out of the water...
You've got to wonder if it'll see the light of day, becuase like pretty much every other "revival" they disappear back into insignificance fairly quickly...
it does too, also has similar lines to a Weismann Coupe.
What about emissions?
Self lubricating? How exactly?
How are you going to cool a bloody great lump of steel like that with the heat generated from 300hp?
Really, all these revolutions in engine design yet none of them end up being viable. They all claim benefits over certain areas of current engine design but 9/10 there is a large flaw somewhere that makes them useless in automotive application.
Car, tops! Very nice. Stick the Connaught V10 in it.
Maybe his engine copes with all that "heat" from 300hp by being more efficient and not creating heat energy in the first place? The amount of heat produced is after all a measure of the inefficiency of an engine.
I can't see where the self lubricating or supercharged claims come from.
It'll be interesting to see if anything comes of it.
>> Edited by victormeldrew on Tuesday 20th December 12:22
victormeldrew said:
Maybe his engine copes with all that "heat" from 300hp by being more efficient and not creating heat energy in the first place? The amount of heat produced is after all a measure of the inefficiency of an engine.
If they expect to get get 300hp and 70mpg, I would think that is a pretty efficient conversion of energy compared to conventional engines. This company will have its work cut out to get a vehicle powered by this engine on the market though...
Since the patent was granted a good while ago, I am concerned that this technology hasn't seen the light of day before, but hope they can get it out into the mainstream sharpish so I can reduce the standing order to BP.
As with heat rejection, a set of heat sinks on there would easily remove what heat rejection there was. Even with a huge fan, the weight is still going to be very competitive (aka power to weight). Wear would be a concern, maybe they should be talking to Mazda?
As with everyone else, I'm not sure I can see the "self-lubricating" aspect, unless some form of oil-impregnated material is used?
Gassing Station | Motoring News | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff