I'll send one of these ignitions that fire every 20 degrees when we get
in production so you can test it on your engine. Should also improve the
power as well as the BSFC.
Paul
On 11/19/2013 02:12 AM, Poul Henrik Woelfle wrote:
Hi Paul,
I hope all is well. Not sure if I got this message accidentally as it says
"private".
Getting someone to pick up on a TC Rotary will be quite difficult IMHO. Most
businesses are so short-sighted nowadays, not many want to take a risk, it's
still shareholder value and thinking in quarters (and less) though we should
be beyond that. I don't see much curiosity either. If you talk to automotive
OEMs about rotaries they all get scared, because they have no idea how the
engines really work. They just know the state of the art that was achieved
30 years ago and the typical rumours (fuel burn, sealing issues, emission
issues, etc.). There is massive potential, you and I and a few others know
that. But getting an OEM to work on a TC rotary will be tough.
Still if there is proof that the efficiency is as good as we all hope, there
may be potential. One way is going through the media, the other is to find
the right contacts. I prefer to go for the latter first, because if the OEMs
do something they want to look as if they have at least been part of the
idea themselves. I have the address of a guy who is in Ford Europe's board,
basically responsible for all engineering within Ford Europe. So if you have
some data to build on, I can forward this.
Best Regards,
Poul Henrik Woelfle
Woelfle Engineering GmbH
Randstraße 109 • D - 47804 Krefeld • Germany
Tel +49 2151 151020 • Fax +49 2151 151019
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Von: rotaryeng [mailto:rotaryeng@earthlink.net]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. November 2013 03:35
An: john smith
Betreff: Re: Compound ( Private )
It is going to take a well educated car company CEO in engine tech and
vision
to implement TC, Detroit Diesel has such a CEO and they are highly
successful.
They are selling engines like hot cakes. I have a friend that works for
one of their dealers. The 15% reduction in fuel burn is an extraordinary
reduction
in cost of operations for truckers.
What is really sad is the CEO of Mazda is no longer that kind of
person. Kenichi Yamamoto retired. The rotary, due to the lack of
exhaust valves, is potentially the most efficient internal combustion engine
in the world.
Paul Lamar
On 11/18/2013 01:22 PM, john smith wrote:
Paul,
Yes I agree about the $, Ford has it now to do it internally IMHO,
but in a way they have to kiss DOE's ass etc as somebodies brother in
law is working their, you know the drill....
I have an email out to my gnome on this subject, although I doubt he
will spill the beans if they are going TC. However, he is impressed by
what you are doing with the TC as I forward the emails with pictures
to him. We had a very interesting conversation about 4 or 5 years ago,
a pre-cursor to Eco-Boost when they were about to go production and
were tinkering with DI of Ethanol with a firm from MIT. We distilled
down what Ford might be doing and that is with Mulally's aerospace
background they were going back to Pre-Jet-engine Zenith of Fighter
Piston Engine Technologies, i.e. DI, Supercharging etc and
incorporating them into test and ultimately production engines with
today's electronics. The one technology they haven't tried yet is
Turbo-Compounding. IMHO with Mulally still @ the helm for a year or
two, my gut feel is he just might dip his toe into this water if you
will...
My best,
Anthony
PRIVATE
Typical liberal bullshit.
Usurping common words to mean something entirely different.
The DOE has no business financing product innovation.
When the market is ready for it it will be developed by private money.
Not my tax money God dammit :)
Paul