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BigTurbo74 05-13-2004 11:02 PM

http://www.coatesengine.com/technology.html



pretty cool design and advantages it gives the engines, i guess it all comes back to the rotary? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png what do you guys think?

FDRacing 05-13-2004 11:07 PM

rotary owns you all

BigTurbo74 05-13-2004 11:51 PM

it lists all of the advantages (lubrication, friction, heat) over the normal head compared to the spherical rotary valve head. just think of possibilities if r&d like this was developed for our rotaries...

drunkin_idiot 05-14-2004 01:06 AM

Thats sweet, I didnt read it all but did they say if they were gonna produce it at all for any cars or anything?

Jeff20B 05-14-2004 02:08 AM

It's been a long time coming. I saw one of the prototypes on a show called Beyond Tomorrow back in '90 or so (not Beyond 2000 as you all may have seen on the Discovery channel a bit more recently). At least this company isn't dragging its ass like Moller has. Heh, nice thing to say huh?

BigTurbo74 05-15-2004 01:19 AM

apparently the guy who is developing this used to work for gm. hopefully they don't pay him off or pull some legal bullshit.

Jeff20B 05-15-2004 03:06 AM

They tested it on a little formula 1 type car with a megaphone as its exhaust. It sounded cool.



Yeah, GM is a huge faceless corporation. They've lost touch with their buyers.


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