The evolution of the internal combustion engine is still ongoing despite vast quantities of funding moving towards electric motors. The focus for most manufacturers is to get as much power out of each sip of fuel. Over the years, engines have had extra kit added on to the simple base unit of cylinders that sucked in a fuel/air mix and ignited it. In the early days it was … [Read more...]
The Nissan ZEOD Turbo Motor
A few years ago Nissan produced a very lightweight motor for their Nissan ZEOD RC (Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car). The basic statistics were 88lbs (40kg) with a three cylinder 1500cc capacity fitted with a turbocharger. It produced 400hp - which at the time was a better power-to-weight ratio than a comparable Formula One engine. The plan was to run the ZEOD RC as an … [Read more...]
Mazda Evolves the Internal Combustion Engine
Motoring Weekly recently published an article about Toyota upsizing their highly efficient engine, and late last year, Mazda applied for a new patent relating to their version of a revised internal combustion engine. They have called it the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition engine. Today they sell Skyactiv-G engines and this new one is dubbed Skyactiv-X. It takes … [Read more...]
Toyota Has Upsized Its Hyper Efficient Engine
What I find interesting is that the larger vehicle manufacturers are still developing the internal combustion engine. Clearly development has been ongoing for decades despite the recent desire of several Governments to ban them - which is something that I feel is shortsighted. I still think that there are a market for this type of power unit with oil or vegetable based … [Read more...]
V12 LS1 Engine
When you hear of a V12 engine, most people’s minds drift off to their favourite sports car - Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar or some German motors from BMW or AMG. Well, here’s one from Australia and it’s based on a General Motors LS1 V8! V12LS have developed the motor with a capacity of 9.2 or 9.5 litres and capable of delivering over 640hp. They showed it a year or so ago as … [Read more...]