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Old 12-14-2016, 02:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LittleBlackDuck View Post
As they say, if it sounds too good to be true, then it generally is not true.

Sleeve valves have always had sealing and durability issues and the opposed piston concept has too many moving parts for low cost production.

Interesting that it is partially based in India...

Simon
Durability and complexity are always my concern with these too. I'm curious to see how they do after a few years of actual use in a vehicle.

400 hours sounds like a lot of testing... but if you average 30 miles/hr that comes out to only 12,000 miles. A typical modern car engine can be expected to run 5000 hours or more.

So, it's interesting, but I'm skeptical that it will make the cut, long-term.
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