General Chat
Q:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/automotivetech/502459855fd27010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
pretty cool, hybrid technology for sport compacts
1993 Red TT
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It will be interesting to see what the actual numbers for fuel economy will be as well as reliability.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/automotivetech/502459855fd27010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
http://motortrend.com/autoshows/coverage/112_frankfurt_motor_show/index14.html
http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000860064670/
Ron
Sacramento CA
73 240Z
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To bad it's FWD. FWD sucks for so many reasons INMHO.
82 zxt 5-spd, oil cooler!
96 240sxes
78/81 jeep j-20
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lol that 1.4 liter has as much horse power as our stock turbo 2.8 liters........
'74 260z TURBO
'86 300zx N/A (SLOW!)
"All your base are belong to us" - God
Suck. Squeez. Bang. Blow.
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Nissan did that 15 years ago, 110hp out of a 930CC engine.
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Justin T
72 240Z L28, 5-speed
77 280Z 5-speed (t-boned 8-25-04)
80 280ZX automatic(retired)
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its not anything new, but it is exciting when it hits mass market, i'm sure you could get huge amount of power out of that small little vw engine
250 with basic mods i would presume.
and yes fwd is no where near as much fun as rwd, but i'm sure someone else will make a rwd like that
1993 Red TT
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Wow,
They've managed to stumble on technology that's been around for decades now. I'd expect a lot more from German's. This has been around in diesels for quite a while now.
Morgan
1973 240Z 4 screw SU's, Tokico HP's, Toyota Calipers
1946 Willys-Overland CJ-2A (restoration in progress)
2006 Ural Gear-Up
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decades? yea, wwII aircraft and before. i think that they used to call it a "compound" engine. since it made piston engines using it so complicated that they eventual just got rid of the pistons altogether and called it a jet.
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wankel.
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