Georgia Fiero Club Forum
All Things Fiero => General Fiero Discussion => Topic started by: GTRS Fiero on September 02, 2018, 08:55:49 am
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If the heads are modified to be electro-magnets, and the pistons to be permanent magnets, can the engine really run as an electric motor? Someone is trying to pass California regulations.
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It would be very inefficient compared to a conventional electric motor. You would add the additional step of converting reciprocating motion to rotary motion, whereas an electric motor starts out as rotary.
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As inefficient as, say--a combustion engine?
Will it work, or will the magnetic fields interfere with each other? It would seem that there would be less resistance, because there is no need for compression, so the cams could be changed to keep the exhaust valves open until the intake downstroke. It would also seem that every stroke would be a power stroke. I guess the engine would run cooler.
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The cylinders need lubrication. There would be unburned oil pumped out of the cylinder into whatever exhaust system the engine had. It would need to be collected in some manner.
The crankshaft would need to be totally reworked. Currently, power is transferred to the crankshaft on it's downward stroke. With the described method, power would be applied on the upward stroke. But, I suppose, magnets could be arranged that they would repel each other rather than attract each other.
It would probably need to be a non-ferrous engine in order to prevent the magnets from overlapping.
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Hmmm. The 4.9 would be a better candidate, huh?
No idea how the oil would be collected.
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With the described method, power would be applied on the upward stroke. But, I suppose, magnets could be arranged that they would repel each other rather than attract each other.
Actually, power could be applied on both the up and down strokes. In a normal rotary electric motor, the rotor is both pushed and pulled to rotate by magnetic forces.
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That's a great idea!