Turbocompounding

[Michael D. Porter]

xxalexx at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> > From:          Robert Humphris <r.humphris at indigo-avs.com>
> > To:            "'diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu'" <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> > Subject:       RE: Turbocompounding
> > Date:          Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:49:43 -0000
> > Reply-to:      diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> 
> wait another 50 yrs for detroit, the profits are still high using
> WWI aircraft technology.
> In 2050 we will be orbiting in scram jets.
> >
> > 41.1 Liters? and only 4500 hp thats not much over the 100bhp per liter
> > that any good race engine can produce.  But this was in the 50's so we
> > should give them some credit I suppose.
> >

I suppose it might be worth mentioning that the engine in question is a
_diesel_, with a shaft speed of perhaps 2500-3000 rpm. That's roughly
the equivalent of a GM 6 liter V-8 diesel producing 660 hp.... (!)

Cheers.

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