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And thats where the problem comes in(Christ), I have a neighbor who managed to build a functioning stirling engine that is pretty fantastic(considering its home-made from scratch) but its not anywhere near being able to produce 25 hp off my exhaust. Although it is light(less than 10lbs). So it may be possible to stack them in series. Although. . .not on my car. The Del Sol if anyone else owns one has a very cramped engine bay and adding a cubic foot box somewhere. . . Of course I could rip out the cooling fans(since my car never gets hot enough to use them(un-FE she has a wide open grille that is not stock and I've done a few things to improve air flow to keep the fans off)). Would have to shield the engine thermally to trap as much heat against the stirlings as possible while venting cold air to the cold side without heat soaking from the radiator(or freezing the hotside or the engine)
Ok James I'll stand corrected on the axles for sure. Sorry. You wouldn't neccessarily still have to use the CV's. . .Power doesn't necessarily HAVE to flow through them. . .
Wheel-Emotor-pivots-chassis. motion does not have to pass through a joint(making the joint cheaper and the drive more efficient). I'm not sure what this would do to the engine itself but if it were light enough it wouldn't drastically change the unsprung car weight. . .(I think assuming we are popping things off that are also unsprung?).
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