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Old 06-01-2014, 12:22 PM   #56 (permalink)
JRMichler
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If you really stuffed an engine full of electromagnets, you could maybe get the engine to turn over. But you would never get useful power out of it.

Electric motors have only a few thousandths of an inch clearance between the rotor and stator for a reason. Increasing that clearance by only a thousandth of an inch measurably reduces power and efficiency.

Pelmear's patent talks about an electromagnet in the cylinder head pulling up on a permanent magnet in the piston when the piston is near the bottom of the stroke. A real world electromagnet that fit in the head would have trouble picking up a paper clip at that distance. It's clear that the Pelmear engine is pure vaporware.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.

22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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