CVT (was:Intake manifold construction, intercoolers)

[Bernd Felsche]

James Montebello tapped away at the keyboard with:

> And while you're blathering about drivetrain theory, you should
> mention CVT, where you can tune for a very high but narrow torque
> peak using 30-50 year old knowlege to get >150hp/liter out of a
> two-valve setup, and let the CVT hold it on that torque peak.
> Nice, once someone figures out how to deliver 500+lb/ft through a
> CVT.  Audi seems to have figured out 250lb/ft.  Of course, now
> we've traded off a simple engine for a complicated transmission.

You can get CVTs to transmit that amount of troque, but not in a
car you'd want to put on the road.

-- 
Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia
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