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Old 03-12-2009, 06:53 PM   #20 (permalink)
vinny1989
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Or there's this: Put A Tiger In Your Exhaust which is basically a turbocharger driving a generator.

The question, though, is why mess with band-aid solutions for the inherently inefficient IC engine. Build Stirling engines, coupled to hybrid electric drives for quick startup & acceleration.
A hybrid Stirling engine... that would be awesome.

Would still need some sort of fuel to generate the heat in order to keep a sufficient heat difference between the pistons... but i suppose diesel / lpg could be used.
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