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Originally Posted by RichardEParson
I appreciate your devotion to such a great car, but gasonline engines are only 25% efficient. What I'm talking about is 60% or more efficiency. Your Z06 would get more like 50 mpg and have enough torque to roast 20 inch drag slicks. The future is now, not in an engine that is over 100 years old.
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umm... you meant the steam engine was over 100 years old right? the old school chevy small block has only been around for 50 years, let alone the new engines they put in todays domestics... besides, wouldnt a steam powered car have to stop quite often to fill up on water? it would be great for all those small towns that used to be water towers for stream engines on railroads lol. if you ever get bored, notice on a map how they are all 7 something miles apart lol...
besides, you would need something to create the heat needed to boil the water, so a gasolene engine would be necessary and who knows how big of one you would need to heat it... prolly not that big, but still...