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Who said it was 1 cylinder? ^_^
Also the advantage of the Stirling cycle. . .there is no combustion. No thick steel or thick aluminum or heavy duty moving metal parts.
Moving metal parts yes but not necessarily heavy. Everything about the Stirling can be designed to be lightweight since it has to just be air-tight(opposed to being air tight and and being able to withstand a high pressure detonation).
The theoretical figures are correct. I'm not expecting to see those though. SES can get them but they spend lots of money and have automated systems that manufacture every single piece to within thousandths if not less of spec.
I'm expecting around twenty pounds and half that in horses.
The output for the Stirling is the cold side(air temp) and therefore the hot side can be used for engines further down the line. Of course you'll get less juice out of each of them but 100 lbs = 50 HP = 50% increase in FE. second most important 100 lbs in the car.
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