Sometimes the great inventions fly under the radar

March 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Uses current technology - check
Cheap to produce - check
Uses much less fuel - check

Ah wait, that last point will flag the invention and the inventor to the boys in black helecoptors. Expect both to queitly vanish sometime soon.

Using a modified single-cylinder diesel engine Crower converted it to use gasoline, then machined the necessacary parts to create the worlds only six-stroke engine. The engine works thru harnessing wasted heat energy created by the fuel combustion to add another two-strokes to the engine cycle. After the combustion stage water is injected into the super heated cyclinder and steam forms forcing the piston back down and in turn cools the engine. The result is normal levels of power using much less fuel and no need for an external cooling system.

The invention sounds great, the question is reliability. If that can be cracked we’re on to a winner here, imagine this along side LPG or electricity and you have a lot more environmentally friendly car.

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