[Shop-talk] Since we are talking about engines

[Paul Mele]

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 <<Here is the Autoweek article: 

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/
FREE/302270007/1
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Jeff Chan wrote:
>
> Autoweek reports both Lotus and Bosch working on 6-cycle
engines with 
> an added power stroke over 4-cycle engines. The additional
power 
> stroke pulls some "Oxygen-free radicals" back in from the
exhaust and 
> ignites them along with some extra fuel using compression
(Dieseling).
> The result is said to be significantly greater power and
torque with 
> lower emissions. Lotus Engineering technical director
Simon Wood 
> claims a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
and V8 
> performance from a 4-cylinder engine. >>