CVT (was:Intake manifold construction, intercoolers)

[Dave Williams]

-> Combine the CVT with one of the forthcoming 42 volt engine designs
-> and you'll have a car with no gears,

 Take a look at the Owen Magnetic cars of 80 years or so ago.  They used
an eddy current coupler with a variable slip rate.  Quite efficient and
reliable, particularly when compared to the gear technology of the day.
It was the most sophisticated device of its type I've encountered; the
eddy current brakes in some cranes and the "Telma" retarders used by
some large trucks operate on the same principle.

 The Owen didn't have a lockup method, but the slip was only 60 to 100
RPM, the same as an average non-lockup automatic transmission torque
convertor.  The Magnetic had no torque multiplication ability, of
course, being just a variable slip device, but you could run the engine
up to the torque peak and adjust the transmission's hand lever to adjust
the load.
                                                     
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