<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: 2008 International Engine of the Year awards announced</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/</link>
	<description>Australian Resource for Car Reviews, News, Advice</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:02:16 +1100</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<item>
		<title>By: Andrew M</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-3/#comment-87718</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87718</guid>
		<description>wheelnut,
too many bombshells hitting lately for me.

firstly the toyota Safe T Cell is a scam,

and now there is only 2 toyota guys, but they make out there is several by using different names???
i need to lie down.......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wheelnut,<br />
too many bombshells hitting lately for me.</p>
<p>firstly the toyota Safe T Cell is a scam,</p>
<p>and now there is only 2 toyota guys, but they make out there is several by using different names???<br />
i need to lie down&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Wheelnut</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-3/#comment-87717</link>
		<dc:creator>Wheelnut</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87717</guid>
		<description>Dingo; Go Toyota; Oh What A Feeling; Go Prius; Australia&#039;s First Taste of A Tough Truck; Tomas79; TP are going to hate reading that opening sentence...  

&quot;BMW has wiped the floor with its competitors in the latest engine awards. With the German marque claiming honours for no less than 5 engines&quot;

that is of course; if they decide to read it or simply choose to ignore it as usual

PS - I know it sounds like a lot of people but its actually juust 3</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dingo; Go Toyota; Oh What A Feeling; Go Prius; Australia&#8217;s First Taste of A Tough Truck; Tomas79; TP are going to hate reading that opening sentence&#8230;  </p>
<p>&#8220;BMW has wiped the floor with its competitors in the latest engine awards. With the German marque claiming honours for no less than 5 engines&#8221;</p>
<p>that is of course; if they decide to read it or simply choose to ignore it as usual</p>
<p>PS &#8211; I know it sounds like a lot of people but its actually juust 3</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Bavarian Missile</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-3/#comment-87706</link>
		<dc:creator>Bavarian Missile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87706</guid>
		<description>Hey No Name if you check the results BMW only lost by 3 points to Toyota with their engine,they will get them next year! 

Andrew........babe you know I&#039;m &quot;flawless&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey No Name if you check the results BMW only lost by 3 points to Toyota with their engine,they will get them next year! </p>
<p>Andrew&#8230;&#8230;..babe you know I&#8217;m &#8220;flawless&#8221;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Andrew M</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-87697</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87697</guid>
		<description>is this one still going???

you spelt &quot;Floor&quot; wrong by the way BM</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>is this one still going???</p>
<p>you spelt &#8220;Floor&#8221; wrong by the way BM</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: No Name</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-87696</link>
		<dc:creator>No Name</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87696</guid>
		<description>Right there missile. The problem with the crappy Prius getting the award is its the whole car not just the engine.
BMW&#039;s diesels I would suggest are the market leaders for outright performance now, even ahead of the Frogs efforts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right there missile. The problem with the crappy Prius getting the award is its the whole car not just the engine.<br />
BMW&#8217;s diesels I would suggest are the market leaders for outright performance now, even ahead of the Frogs efforts.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Bavarian Missile</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-87684</link>
		<dc:creator>Bavarian Missile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87684</guid>
		<description>Quote \&quot;BMW has wiped the floor with its competitors in the latest engine awards, with the German marque claiming honors for no less than five engines\&quot;

You left out the word \&quot;AGAIN\&quot;,hehehehe</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quote \&#8221;BMW has wiped the floor with its competitors in the latest engine awards, with the German marque claiming honors for no less than five engines\&#8221;</p>
<p>You left out the word \&#8221;AGAIN\&#8221;,hehehehe</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Naughtyius Maxiumus</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-87677</link>
		<dc:creator>Naughtyius Maxiumus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87677</guid>
		<description>It works as I have one on my BF Falcon LPG ute.....get around 700kms to a tank!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It works as I have one on my BF Falcon LPG ute&#8230;..get around 700kms to a tank!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: .</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-87672</link>
		<dc:creator>.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-87672</guid>
		<description>Ebay Item number: 140255788665

Build it, try it &amp; then tell us what you know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ebay Item number: 140255788665</p>
<p>Build it, try it &amp; then tell us what you know.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Titan</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-72451</link>
		<dc:creator>Titan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-72451</guid>
		<description>Andrew M, you will notice that the energy figure you quoted is energy per unit mass not energy per unit volume like I have been quoting, Furthermore, as your reference indicates, LPG is less dense then petrol (which is rather obvious) hence validating what I have been saying. 

“a cold air kit alters the efficiency of the motor does it not” – at full throttle yes it does. However by definition a throttle is a variable restriction. When you close the throttle you are restricting the pumping efficiency of the engine and hence you cold air intake is not going to help a lot. However with the throttle fully open its provides the least restriction, and as a result other restrictions that occur before it become very important hence we get people fitting cold air intakes.

“fuel still gets fed into the motor at the same rate whether or not the oxygen is there to efficiently burn it.” This statement is incorrect. The fuel air ratio remains nominally constant and is governed by the inlet manifold pressure on engines with a carburettor or electronically on fuel injected engines. 

“more oxygen or other beneficial gases into the air box to me sounds logical that there would be less wasted fuel.” Firstly you can &quot;waste&quot; less fuel simply by leaning the mixture. Your engine won’t last very long but feel free to give it a go. Secondly how much of these beneficial gases do you think this joe cell is producing. Electrolysis of water is nothing new and well understood. However the way that is set up and used in this application guarantees that the rate of gas production will insufficient to make one iota of difference.

“sorry but im not going to be one who instantly writes the concept off.
it does hold some merit” That’s your choice and you are most welcome to do that. However the concept has been around for years and has been shown not to work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew M, you will notice that the energy figure you quoted is energy per unit mass not energy per unit volume like I have been quoting, Furthermore, as your reference indicates, LPG is less dense then petrol (which is rather obvious) hence validating what I have been saying. </p>
<p>“a cold air kit alters the efficiency of the motor does it not” – at full throttle yes it does. However by definition a throttle is a variable restriction. When you close the throttle you are restricting the pumping efficiency of the engine and hence you cold air intake is not going to help a lot. However with the throttle fully open its provides the least restriction, and as a result other restrictions that occur before it become very important hence we get people fitting cold air intakes.</p>
<p>“fuel still gets fed into the motor at the same rate whether or not the oxygen is there to efficiently burn it.” This statement is incorrect. The fuel air ratio remains nominally constant and is governed by the inlet manifold pressure on engines with a carburettor or electronically on fuel injected engines. </p>
<p>“more oxygen or other beneficial gases into the air box to me sounds logical that there would be less wasted fuel.” Firstly you can &#8220;waste&#8221; less fuel simply by leaning the mixture. Your engine won’t last very long but feel free to give it a go. Secondly how much of these beneficial gases do you think this joe cell is producing. Electrolysis of water is nothing new and well understood. However the way that is set up and used in this application guarantees that the rate of gas production will insufficient to make one iota of difference.</p>
<p>“sorry but im not going to be one who instantly writes the concept off.<br />
it does hold some merit” That’s your choice and you are most welcome to do that. However the concept has been around for years and has been shown not to work.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Andrew M</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-72022</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-72022</guid>
		<description>Titan,
QUOTE……….
LPG provides about 8% more energy per unit weight (LHV = 19,757 BTU/lbm) than gasoline. Theoretically, vehicle operation with LPG should be more efficient than with gasoline, i.e., the vehicle should attain better specific fuel consumption and improved mileage. However, this will only happen if the engine design is optimized for LPG fuel. If a gasoline engine is converted to operate on LPG this increased efficiency will not be realized due to the lower density of LPG compared to gasoline and also its slightly higher oxygen demand (LPG stoichiometric A/F = 15.8). The lighter density fuel displaces air in the intake manifold, and thus, less air per cycle is induced to the cylinders. This translates to a decreased volumetric efficiency and a loss of power compared to the original gasoline rating of the engine.

also with HHO,
the reaction is claimed from the gases being taken through the airbox.
a cold air kit alters the efficiency of the motor does it not?
the oxygen entering the motor affects the burning efficiency.
blank off half of the air inlet and you will notice it for the worse.
put a bigger air funnel on and you will notice it for the better.
more oxygen = better economy and power.
the fuel still gets fed into the motor at the same rate whether or not the oxygen is there to efficiently burn it.

more oxygen or other beneficial gases into the air box to me sounds logical that there would be less wasted fuel.

sorry but im not going to be one who instantly writes the concept off.
it does hold some merit</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Titan,<br />
QUOTE……….<br />
LPG provides about 8% more energy per unit weight (LHV = 19,757 BTU/lbm) than gasoline. Theoretically, vehicle operation with LPG should be more efficient than with gasoline, i.e., the vehicle should attain better specific fuel consumption and improved mileage. However, this will only happen if the engine design is optimized for LPG fuel. If a gasoline engine is converted to operate on LPG this increased efficiency will not be realized due to the lower density of LPG compared to gasoline and also its slightly higher oxygen demand (LPG stoichiometric A/F = 15.8). The lighter density fuel displaces air in the intake manifold, and thus, less air per cycle is induced to the cylinders. This translates to a decreased volumetric efficiency and a loss of power compared to the original gasoline rating of the engine.</p>
<p>also with HHO,<br />
the reaction is claimed from the gases being taken through the airbox.<br />
a cold air kit alters the efficiency of the motor does it not?<br />
the oxygen entering the motor affects the burning efficiency.<br />
blank off half of the air inlet and you will notice it for the worse.<br />
put a bigger air funnel on and you will notice it for the better.<br />
more oxygen = better economy and power.<br />
the fuel still gets fed into the motor at the same rate whether or not the oxygen is there to efficiently burn it.</p>
<p>more oxygen or other beneficial gases into the air box to me sounds logical that there would be less wasted fuel.</p>
<p>sorry but im not going to be one who instantly writes the concept off.<br />
it does hold some merit</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Titan</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-72002</link>
		<dc:creator>Titan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-72002</guid>
		<description>Andrew M, yes LPG has a lower energy per litre then Petrol or Diesel (from memory 27 MJ/Litre vs about 35MJ/Litre for Petrol and 38 MJ/Litre for Diesel). So no I will not find it is the other way around.

Your second point however is very valid, that said adding a very small amount of this &quot;HHO&quot; is going do nothing to alter the reactions occurring in the cylinders. And I can guarantee you that NM would only be producing negligible amounts of &quot;HHO&quot; using electrolysis. A 36% increase in efficiency is not realistic. It would be like someone claiming they got a substantial power increase driving through fog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew M, yes LPG has a lower energy per litre then Petrol or Diesel (from memory 27 MJ/Litre vs about 35MJ/Litre for Petrol and 38 MJ/Litre for Diesel). So no I will not find it is the other way around.</p>
<p>Your second point however is very valid, that said adding a very small amount of this &#8220;HHO&#8221; is going do nothing to alter the reactions occurring in the cylinders. And I can guarantee you that NM would only be producing negligible amounts of &#8220;HHO&#8221; using electrolysis. A 36% increase in efficiency is not realistic. It would be like someone claiming they got a substantial power increase driving through fog.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Andrew M</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71987</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71987</guid>
		<description>Titan,
LPG has a lower enery content?
i think you will find it is the other way around

also,
the energy per litre of fuel does change if it is not being burnt efficiently. that is if not all of the fuel is being burnt, you wont get the same amount of energy out of each litre that enters the engine</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Titan,<br />
LPG has a lower enery content?<br />
i think you will find it is the other way around</p>
<p>also,<br />
the energy per litre of fuel does change if it is not being burnt efficiently. that is if not all of the fuel is being burnt, you wont get the same amount of energy out of each litre that enters the engine</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: GhisGT</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71921</link>
		<dc:creator>GhisGT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71921</guid>
		<description>Well, that&#039;s your opinion and I&#039;m sure Ford Australia wished the that the majority of the population had the same views on the AU as you did.

Also, my fathers AUIII XR8. Diff died in the first 3 weeks. He now owns a VE :)

Either way, we could go on like this forever, styling is and will always be subjective, let&#039;s just leave it at that hey?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, that&#8217;s your opinion and I&#8217;m sure Ford Australia wished the that the majority of the population had the same views on the AU as you did.</p>
<p>Also, my fathers AUIII XR8. Diff died in the first 3 weeks. He now owns a VE :)</p>
<p>Either way, we could go on like this forever, styling is and will always be subjective, let&#8217;s just leave it at that hey?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Bret</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71917</link>
		<dc:creator>Bret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71917</guid>
		<description>GhisGT, 165000 km and not one single little issue with my AUII - nothing, not a thing. Maybe yours was a very early series 1?
On the other hand the cars we had at work in 2002 were a Commodore, a Magna and a Pulsar hatch, no surprises that the Commodore was the last choice, for everyone, everytime. We had that thing for three years and was THE reason why we have had Falcons at work ever since.
And I still think that the AU looks more contemporty than any commodore other than a VE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GhisGT, 165000 km and not one single little issue with my AUII &#8211; nothing, not a thing. Maybe yours was a very early series 1?<br />
On the other hand the cars we had at work in 2002 were a Commodore, a Magna and a Pulsar hatch, no surprises that the Commodore was the last choice, for everyone, everytime. We had that thing for three years and was THE reason why we have had Falcons at work ever since.<br />
And I still think that the AU looks more contemporty than any commodore other than a VE!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Jimbo</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71915</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimbo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71915</guid>
		<description>GhisGT, &quot;don’t try to polish a turd&quot;....LOL Thats gold, I&#039;m going to use that one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GhisGT, &#8220;don’t try to polish a turd&#8221;&#8230;.LOL Thats gold, I&#8217;m going to use that one.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: GhisGT</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71905</link>
		<dc:creator>GhisGT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 02:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71905</guid>
		<description>Bret, I had an AU wagon as a company car, it was the car everybody hated. We had many different brands, and by far this thing was a real sh1tter. I wish I could type all the things that fell off that car, but it would just take too long. The most funny and memorable one would have had to have been that plastic cover underneath the front bar getting caught up between the front wheel. Should have heard the noise then it got ripped off... my god.

I have been the auto industry for some time, and the AU is the joke of the recent Australian automotive industry, and it nearly killed Ford, now there us a hard fact. Contemporary? Jeeese... clutching at straws much?

The driveline on the other hand is great, great engine and boxes, near unbreakable. But the rest of the car, don&#039;t try to polish a turd.

UrbanGTB, fair call.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bret, I had an AU wagon as a company car, it was the car everybody hated. We had many different brands, and by far this thing was a real sh1tter. I wish I could type all the things that fell off that car, but it would just take too long. The most funny and memorable one would have had to have been that plastic cover underneath the front bar getting caught up between the front wheel. Should have heard the noise then it got ripped off&#8230; my god.</p>
<p>I have been the auto industry for some time, and the AU is the joke of the recent Australian automotive industry, and it nearly killed Ford, now there us a hard fact. Contemporary? Jeeese&#8230; clutching at straws much?</p>
<p>The driveline on the other hand is great, great engine and boxes, near unbreakable. But the rest of the car, don&#8217;t try to polish a turd.</p>
<p>UrbanGTB, fair call.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Titan</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71899</link>
		<dc:creator>Titan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71899</guid>
		<description>Realcars wrote: &quot;Anything that can result in a more efficient “burn” will result in less heat and more bang!&quot;
With that statement you just showed that you have no idea how IC engines work...

&quot;If what NM suggests actually improves the efficiency of the combustion process then it is not just a case of quoting conservation of energy or momentum or anything else for that matter. Gee and u guys are engineers?&quot;
The inefficiency is not in the combustion process, it is in the energy transfer of the engine itself. Combustion of petrol produces a certain amount of energy (joules) per litre. This figure is well known and does not change. By the way diesel has a higher energy content then petrol and LPG has a lower energy content. NM&#039;s claims of a 36% increase in efficiency are difficult to believe under any circumstance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Realcars wrote: &#8220;Anything that can result in a more efficient “burn” will result in less heat and more bang!&#8221;<br />
With that statement you just showed that you have no idea how IC engines work&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;If what NM suggests actually improves the efficiency of the combustion process then it is not just a case of quoting conservation of energy or momentum or anything else for that matter. Gee and u guys are engineers?&#8221;<br />
The inefficiency is not in the combustion process, it is in the energy transfer of the engine itself. Combustion of petrol produces a certain amount of energy (joules) per litre. This figure is well known and does not change. By the way diesel has a higher energy content then petrol and LPG has a lower energy content. NM&#8217;s claims of a 36% increase in efficiency are difficult to believe under any circumstance.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: UrbanGTB</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71896</link>
		<dc:creator>UrbanGTB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71896</guid>
		<description>Oh I understand how an engine works but the question is do you actually understand what this award is for? 

Quote:
&quot;Using their impressions from driving the latest cars, judges find powerplants that offer the best driveability, performance, economy, and refinement, and reward manufacturers for the successful application of advanced engine technology.&quot;

I would hardly call a push rod engine an advancement in engine technology. I would say the 4L BMW engine is...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh I understand how an engine works but the question is do you actually understand what this award is for? </p>
<p>Quote:<br />
&#8220;Using their impressions from driving the latest cars, judges find powerplants that offer the best driveability, performance, economy, and refinement, and reward manufacturers for the successful application of advanced engine technology.&#8221;</p>
<p>I would hardly call a push rod engine an advancement in engine technology. I would say the 4L BMW engine is&#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: RoFlmaTiC</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71893</link>
		<dc:creator>RoFlmaTiC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71893</guid>
		<description>Realcars, yes that would be the case if the combustion process was made more efficient. However if you read carefully what the product claims to do, you will see that it doesn&#039;t increase the efficiency at all.

Again, why aren&#039;t any auto manufacturers implementing this product, there are no patent specifications protecting it! It&#039;s just common sense.

I&#039;ve thought of a possible explanation of why NM gets more km&#039;s per tank of fuel (Other than like a placebo). I&#039;m thinking the cell might store some of the fuel in between petrol refueling. In this way it would be analogous to increasing the overall fuel capacity of the car. Off course you&#039;re going to get more total kilometers per &quot;tank&quot; this way, but your km&#039;s / L is going to stay the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Realcars, yes that would be the case if the combustion process was made more efficient. However if you read carefully what the product claims to do, you will see that it doesn&#8217;t increase the efficiency at all.</p>
<p>Again, why aren&#8217;t any auto manufacturers implementing this product, there are no patent specifications protecting it! It&#8217;s just common sense.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve thought of a possible explanation of why NM gets more km&#8217;s per tank of fuel (Other than like a placebo). I&#8217;m thinking the cell might store some of the fuel in between petrol refueling. In this way it would be analogous to increasing the overall fuel capacity of the car. Off course you&#8217;re going to get more total kilometers per &#8220;tank&#8221; this way, but your km&#8217;s / L is going to stay the same.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Bret</title>
		<link>http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/comment-page-2/#comment-71891</link>
		<dc:creator>Bret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caradvice.com.au/12494/2008-international-engine-of-the-year-awards-announced/#comment-71891</guid>
		<description>GhisGT
That is a very uninformed and biased comment about the AU. The styling was before its time and still looks quite contenpory today (look closely at other designs that are only now starting to use design ques that the AU used years ago). And mechanically the AU is far superior and better to drive than Commodores of the same (and later) era. Please make some informed comments, &quot;If you don’t understand .., don’t comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GhisGT<br />
That is a very uninformed and biased comment about the AU. The styling was before its time and still looks quite contenpory today (look closely at other designs that are only now starting to use design ques that the AU used years ago). And mechanically the AU is far superior and better to drive than Commodores of the same (and later) era. Please make some informed comments, &#8220;If you don’t understand .., don’t comment.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
