This series highlights some of the preceding week’s top RV articles from various online sources. Only articles/videos of interest to the RV industry or RV community will be on this list. Here’s what’s hot in the RV world this week:
1. Salton Sea Weekend Warriors Video: Out in the California desert the crew of “RV Today” met up with a group of weekend warriors, a growing trend of RVers who like to take their toys with them on an adventure. Bringing their ATVs, motorcycles and dune buggies the weekend warriors like the wide open spaces to explore and blaze new trails.
2. Ethanol-Fueled Engine May Out-Perform Gasoline: Ricardo Inc., a powertrain engineering company in Michigan, reports that it has developed a system that allows ethanol-fueled engines to deliver performance exceeding gasoline-fueled engines and rival the mileage of diesels.
3. Check out the Arizona “Roaring 20s” Samboree coming up March 4-8: Don’t miss the fun at the Pinal County Fairgrounds in Casa Grande, AZ. Enjoy games, nightly entertainment, vendors and more! Learn more about the Good Sam Club.
4. Plan Your Visit to These Upcoming Regional RV & Outdoor Recreation Shows:
52nd Annual Colorado RV, Sports, Boat & Travel Show: The region’s biggest outdoor recreation show takes place March 5-8 at the National Western Complex in Denver. Buy discounted tickets online and get a bonus free 6-month subscription to MotorHome magazine!
At the 14th Annual Atlantic City RV & Camping Show, begin planning your camping vacations for the coming season, trade-up to your dream RV, see new 2009 RVs or just learn about the joys of travel in a recreational vehicle. Buy tickets online and get a bonus free 6-month subscription to Trailer Life Magazine.
5. Technology Research Corporation (TRC) recently introduced 30-amp and 50-amp Surge Guard RV Voltage Regulators to its RV power protection lineup. Poor power quality entering your RV can not only affect the longevity of your electronic equipment and motors, but can cost you thousands of dollars in repairs and create frustrating, unnecessary travel delays.
Roger
Well item #2 sounds interesting. I wonder if they get better mileage than the Fish 200 mpg carburetor or the engine that runs on water?
Sorry but the reality of ethanol is that it has less available energy per gallon than gasoline. While it is possible to partially off set this loss of power with hardware changes such as increased compression and alternate spark or cam timing you still can’t get more that 100% of the available power out of your fuel.
Also this isn’t NEW but the idea was introduced in 2005.
http://www.ethanolboost.com/LFEE-2005-01.pdf
The report outlined direct cylender injection meaning complete new engine design and not a modification of current engines. Also high pressure turbocharging.
You can get more power out of a smaller turbocharged engine or better fuel economy at lower power but not both.
$100 to the first person that can demonstrate that they can achieve both more power ( HP and torque) by at least 1% and more fuel economy by at least 1% than current direct port injection engines
Here is your ref
GM Powertrain’s new ( Dec 2007) 3.6L V-6 VVT with direct injection technology is GM’s highest output V-6 and one of the most fuel-efficient in GM’s high-feature engine family. It made its debut as the top-level engine in the new 2008 Cadillac CTS, delivering 304 horsepower and 273 lb.-ft. of torque – a 15-percent increase in horsepower and 8-percent increase in torque.
Even with this performance, the 2008 CTS equipped with the 3.6L V-6 VVT with direct injection and automatic transmission delivers 2008 EPA fuel economy of 17 mpg city and 26 mpg highway – an improvement of 3 percent over its predecessor. The engine helps the CTS achieve 0-60 mph performance of 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph (248 kph).
Any takers?
Oh yea you have to meet EPA standards while doing it/
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