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Once again, I think that I have a genius idea, look into it, and it has been tried and disproven, and then figured out by VW (or at least someone).
In this and other threads you guys talk about vibrations from having an odd number of cylinders firing. Are one-cylinder engines inherently rough? What about those three-cylinder metros that you know and love?
I just kept reading about how ICE engines are most efficient at 90% capacity, but they are never [responsibly] used like that. I do not have any problem with the idea of accelerating hard to highway speeds, but in theory, couldn't one lonely cylinder maintain speed?
Honestly, I do not think this is necessarily one of those things where if it worked automakers would try it. Sure, maybe we cannot figure it out, but do you think that in a few years Volkswagon or someone else might?
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