6 Stroke engine?

[MLimpert]

Check this article out... Looks kind of interesting



Inside Bruce Crower’s Six-Stroke Engine - AutoWeek

 

[JasonCzerak]

Wow,that make so much sense it's scary.



Tho, the un-even firing will be interesting in a v-8 configuration to get rebalanced right.

 

[Grizzly]

Bruce Crower may just have something worthwhile there.

 

[CogginsP]

Pretty interesting stuff! Should be interesting to see what kind of power it can produce. Looks like some people are finally catching up to the idea of water injection :-laf:-laf

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I've seen that before a while back.



I'd think it would be great for a steady state application or even a vehicle with a CVT transmission...



On edit: I'm not knocking his work, but he just lost all sorts of credibility with these statements in that article...



"Especially an 18-wheeler, they've got that massive radiator that weighs 800, 1000 pounds. "

800lb radiator?!



"fan losses are extremely high on a big diesel truck. ” Really - when's the last time you've looked at a big diesel truck? Did you happen to notice the FAN CLUTCH?



Beers,



Matt

 

[nickleinonen]

800lb radiator?!

big one all copper and brass... could be close to that wet. .

 

[HoleshotHolset]

OTR trucks hold 50+ quarts of oil, so there must be quite a bit of coolant too, eh? All that 'water' adds up to at least a few hundred pounds...



Deutz seems to have the air cooled diesels down to a science. I've only seen them at tractor pulls and they run like mad!



Beers,



Matt

 

[LSchulz]

"fan losses are extremely high on a big diesel truck. ” Really - when's the last time you've looked at a big diesel truck? Did you happen to notice the FAN CLUTCH?

It may not be a class 8 truck, but when the fan kicks in on my bus, you can certainly feel it pull the engine down a little.

 

[Blakers]

I thought of an idea for building an engine like this many years ago. It would be a little different, but very similar. It would be a combination of diesel and water injection, running on steam expansion on every other power stroke.