A better way to combat gas prices, build a better engine.

**Andrew P** · #1 05-30-2009, 01:50 PM

We all like our gas guzzlers or economic cars, and then you have hyper milers that are probably salivating at a new 110-mpg engine.
toledoblade.com --

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WAUSEON - The man who drove his 20-year-old Mustang from Napoleon, Ohio, to Las Vegas and back last year on 39 gallons of fuel will open his first manufacturing facility Monday to allow others to get 110 miles per gallon. Doug Pelmear, owner of Horse Power Sales.net Inc. and Hp2G LLC, will hold an open house Monday morning in the idle 100,000-square-foot factory he has leased in Wauseon to begin manufacturing his revolutionary engine. The factory, on the Fulton Industries Inc. campus in Wauseon, will be tooled to initially turn out 20 of Mr. Pelmear's custom engines per day with one shift of 25 workers. A Decatur, Ind., specialty car company, Revenge Designs Inc., has contracted with Mr. Pelmear to purchase 2,000 engines for use in a new vehicle it plans to unveil at the end of this year at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The vehicle is to be called the Revenge Verde Super Car, which will use Mr. Pelmear's 400-horsepower engine and its 500 foot-pounds of torque to travel up to 200 mph and get 110 mpg - though admittedly not at the same time. "The engine is going to be a really great partnership with the car," explained Emily Levault, a spokesman for Revenge Design. "The idea behind this was to give people what they want while putting people back in their jobs." Ms. Levault said the Verde will be introduced as both a left and right-hand drive, so that it can be marketed around the world. She said details of its pricing have not been released.Mr. Pelmear has said that he employs more precise tolerances and manufacturing techniques to decrease heat and energy loss and increase the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. He said he has more than quadrupled the industry average engine efficiency of about 8 percent.
Mr. Pelmear's company employs eight people, and he said he'll "take resumes" on Monday, but won't accept applications, for what would be his first shift of production workers. Depending on how the plant start-up goes, Mr. Pelmear said, "we'll probably add another 25 over the next three months after that." Mr. Pelmear did not say what workers will be paid. Contact Larry P. Vellequette at:
lvellequette@theblade.com
or 419-724-6091.

What do you think? Would you have one put in your car? I'd give serious thought to it.

**Leo C** · #2 05-30-2009, 01:53 PM

That or a flux capacitor.

raser · #3 05-31-2009, 03:34 PM

The cost of this engine would me atleast 10x what you would save in gas over it's lifetime...If you go from 15-110 mpg you would have to travel 115,800 miles if the engine cost $20,000 let alone any maintenance would have to be sent to his shop as nobody would know how to work on this engine with any great confidence. Now take my corrolla that gets 34 mpg to pay for the new engine I would have to drive over 327,800 miles. This is figuring gas at $3.00 per gallon.

GAmFanboy · #4 05-31-2009, 03:59 PM

What I've always wondered about Cars is "Why are they able to go up to 140+ Mph?" Does anyone in the US Do that Legally that isn't a Cop?

IMO, Make me a Car that gets 50mpg and only goes 80mph, that's all I Need

steel · #5 05-31-2009, 08:01 PM

What we need to do is get rid of gas-powered cars all together. That's a long way off, though. This is a start.

**Byron** · #6 06-01-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by GAmFanboy

What I've always wondered about Cars is "Why are they able to go up to 140+ Mph?" Does anyone in the US Do that Legally that isn't a Cop?

I was legally driving 120 mph this past weekend. Shortly afterwards, I slid into the grass going about 80, however.

raser · #7 06-02-2009, 02:01 AM

Some states have safe and reasonable as the speed limit. This varies upon the vehicle, a diablo will be able to go much faster than my schwan truck...

epijlh · #8 09-06-2009, 02:21 AM

I added a supercharger and new sparkplugs and can get 32+ on a highway with a V6. I'm thinking if owners turn to some aftermarket tuning parts, their gas mileage will increase. I'm squeezing all the power I can out of my car, and I do that by burning as much gas in the engine I can... Basically, up my efficiency. When i'm not playing pretending to drive the Mach 5 my tuning is still working at full power, burning every drop of gas and getting me better power and gas mileage. Also, changing out some running gear with better parts helps loose the power lost by friction between the engine and the wheels.

TL;DR Put a higher-performance air filter on your car, good plugs and drive the speed limit and your gas mileage will increase.

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