I believe the article stated the engine was a CNC Billet block, and
not a standard LS7 block (which we all know would fail under very high pressure)
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Did anyone ever consider the CNC alloy block might use a thick titanium crank girdle like this thin metal one at
http://dmperformance.org/new/newpage.html, and maybe something like the deck plate/sleeves (@ $10K to modify a stock LS alloy block) here at
http://erlperformance.com/images/stories/techbriefs/ERLcatalogFINAL.pdf
What if an engine had a titanium cage, was placed in a mold, and pressure-cast with a super strong alloy? Think it's impossible? It's totally possible.
http://www.tifab.com/raw-material-sales/plate-sheet-bar-billet.htmlThe possibilities are endless. All it takes is time and gobs of $$$
Very interesting hardware ideas.
If you read the IAD specs, you would have seen, that all of the hardware in question is currently obtainable, and all of the modifications can be done, regardless of difficulty and cost. Very expensive, to say the least.
http://www.catalogds.com/db/service?domain=aviationmetals&command=locate&category=titanium
The article said the car can use several fuel types.
Factoid: It is totally possible to run on the fuels mentioned in the article, and their is no mystery there. Did you know it is also possible to run on Algae, Ammonia, Hydrogen Peroxide, and many other types of combustive and non-combustive fuels? Many fuels don't actually burn, they chemically react, causing pressure build, which is pressure-contained, and released.
The IAD article mentioned an AWD system, made of carbon fiber and titanium, which is totally realistic. Consider all the jets buzzing around the sky's of our earth. Every single one of them uses hydraulic powered components to keep them in the air. What is the big mystery? Nothing. Now suppose someone were to design an AWD system, comprising of a hydraulic pump, attached to the engine via a gear, shaft or belt drive unit, that pumped hydraulic fluid to the front of a vehicle, through hydraulic lines, which fed a front mounted hydraulic differential, into the front wheels. What if you had four internal wheel mounted hydraulic pump/motors? It would be super light weight, and very sophisticated, and costly. This stuff has already been done.
Mosler had their car designed entirely in CAD, and many thought it to be impossible, to go from a computer program, directly to a production model, without clay modeling, wooden mock-ups etc.. What a great idea!
Below, are some other mega-power engines, which lends one to think that giant horsepower numbers could be achieved, although not for very long, and would require a great deal of maintenance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaJ51RCXX4w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCOBW6Dv5bc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgbnOMFTF_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyd9O4mHYfc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vzHrOk-PMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HIx4p8ya0E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEeo6l3a6s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-wDqZlup0
Factoid: A Top Fueler may create 10,0000+ horsepower, but only for a few critical seconds, but it makes the numbers. Sure, the Bugatti Veyron is extremely fast, but only for a short while, as the tires begin to fail, and you run out of fuel, and gets hot. The IAD Mosler, when completed, would most undoubtedly fall into the same category, having major issues with tires, fuel and cooling. If a car does get up to such high speeds, special tires would have to be used, especially for running at Bonneville, as the salt is kind of mushy, and the super-wide tires described in the article, would create unwanted drag. Look at all the 300+ MPH open-top roadsters at Bonneville, with almost zero aerodynamic properties, yet they still achieve tremendous terminal velocities, with horsepower figures in a similar range as the IAD Mosler specs. Why can't the Mosler achieve similar speeds, with greatly advanced aerodynamics? It would almost certainly do much, much better.
How many 1000+ horse-powered hot-rods and exotics are driving around on the city streets Worldwide, and do you ever see them using all of their power? Of course not, but it is sure nice to know you have it on tap.
One last thing. What if all the metal and aluminum suspension parts, were replaced with pressure formed titanium or carbon fiber parts instead? You could drastically reduce the weight of the four aluminum uprights, as well as trim the weight way down, by using carbon fiber control arms. You could also drop a great deal of weight if the gear boxes and differential housings (AWD) were made of pressure-cast carbon fiber, instead of cast aluminum. You would still have the metal rotating internals, but perhaps you could replace the metal parts of the gear box and differentials with ceramic parts.
The Mosler is a vehicle way ahead of the times, but
not the only one, and if IAD decides to take their car to an extreme level, that will be something to definitely see. It is so easy for many people to judge others, when they really should be paying more attention to what is going on with them, instead of speaking ill of people with incredible ideas. 💡 People said the Wright Bros. and Albert Einstein were nut cases.... People said a lot worse about Issac Asimov and Steven Hawking... People find it all too easy to cut down the visionaries of our times! 🤬
We all should give this project some time, and when IAD gets the car done, I think it will create some revolutionary ideas for future cars, and thats what we're all here for. CARS !
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX 💡
.... 2400 HP street legal 👍
