Re: 4cyl. AMC 's - The New Gold Standard -

["Steven M.Dristy, Jr." <soundwve@xxxxxxx>]

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Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: 4cyl. AMC 's - The New Gold Standard -


>
> dc themselves has announced an '05 yj diesel, with i believe a
> mercedes engine and trans.

That's an '05 KJ (Liberty) actually. My girlfriend has one. And yes, the
engine and 5sp. auto trans are German. Fast acceleration, great
performance..........maybe I'll find a '91 or newer Jeep Cherokee and drop
one in.

> this brings to mind something that smokey yunick diddled up, back in
> the '80s - the 'hot vapor engine'.  his test mule was a fiero and the
> engine was an iron puke.  his idea - in an ic engine, power comes from
> heat, so keep the heat in the engine.  so he pre-heated the intake
> with coolant, then compressed it with a turbo [which he called a
> 'vaporizer' iirc, in this app] to maintain charge density, then heated
> it again with exhaust.  at this point, it's so hot that gasoline is
> completely vaporized, like propane, and that was one of his major
> goals.
>
> iirc he ran stock internals and compression and got no ping on pump
> gas - and also 250hp from the 2.5L motor.  i don't remember what he
> claimed for mileage, but 40mpg sticks in my mind.

Or re-work a 2.46L gas 4cyl for 50 mpg. Already made one do 30 mpg in 4wd!
Gotta remember this trick, though. Sounds kinda strange, but I'm sure people
said the same thing about fuel injection in the early 60s.

                                                         Steve D.