100MPGUS

Mmmm Is this the car they say will be sold in the US sometime in 2010 for $600? I'll take two...

I have the same idea in mind. I think the engine and computer along with the transmission on the right bike will get over 100 US MPG. Smartzuuk got 105 with the car attached!

I found an engine alone from a wrecker here in toronto... 2006 with 10k for $3000.

My current bike is nowhere near as pretty or as performance orientated as that German bike posted... it is a Royal Enfield that basically uses a generator motor. My top speed is only about 90kph, which is fine for the back roads, but I only consume 1 litre for every 60km, Next step is to get a custom fuel tank that is split... one side for veggie oil, the other for diesel - It might be the first dual-tank biodiesel bike in Ontario...

I guess I could try, since I have more than 1.

I have 2 connected in my pickup and it does work! I seems very accurate and no noticeable delay on the readout compared to one SG

I have a few hundred! I have been watching this for a while also. It looks very good for a motorcycle engine also.

I've been keeping an eye on this technology for a year now. I haven't bought any shares in the company, mind you, but it looks like the technology has good potential. It could help you guys achieve your goal of a 100 mpg vehicle. What do you think?http://www.regtech.com/Radmax_Technology/Prototype_EnginePrototype 42 hp Engine6 inches dia. 6 inches long 42 hp at 7000 rpm 40lbs. Tested at NAVAIR PSEF Oct. 2003

I have no idea what that means, lolI tried some experiments today, and the lowest average (over maybe 15 km) I could get down to was 2.8. :/I dunno where the other 0.6 comes from.-Iain

ekin ria=air nike backwards...just my odd sense of humour.

Is that model ekin ria?

You must look closer.

I think he's got a tube-within-a-tube so he can over-ride by pressing the pedal manually.

...of course I beat both of you to this solution with my cruise control a year and a half ago

-Iain

I have access to a crimper and cable - Cheers,Cameron

now that you mention it, I think my B-inlaw used to have one. Thanks for the reminder!

Well, I finally remembered to fire off that letter to SC and this is what they said.

Keith,

It may be more a function of the protocol than anything else. If your vehicle uses ISO or KWP, the initialization required will probably limit you to a single device on the OBDII bus at a time.

If your vehicle uses another protocol, you can add another ScanGaugeII to the bus by connecting a standard (not a crossover type) CAT 5 or CAT 5e cable between the unused port on the first ScanGaugeII to the second ScanGaugeII. This will put them in parallel.

With both requesting data, there could be some lost data if the vehicle MCU can't keep up with the diagnostic requests. You may have to change the RATE of one or both to SLOW.

So I grab the first CAT5 cable I see (SIX feet long!) and bolt out to the car. Hook it up and bingo it works. I did not drive it around, but all the readouts seemed to update instantly and there was no smoke so I will be stopping for the SHORTEST CAT5 cable I can find on the way home from work tomorrow!

So... will this new cooperation mean anything at the end of the day?Or is it more PR?

If they let the CDI come to the US from CA, then they are real. Other wise, its more BS. The CDI gets more then any hybrid (sometimes better then TWO hybrids)and can run on biodiesel.

and I roll my eyes while his mother yells "Don't be afraid to show your ignorance Michael!"

I fixed it for you.

Ok here is my idea, take it and I can always sue you later, since I cannot afford the insight donor car or the cdi. Smart CDI engine, and the Honda Insight Body (all aluminum) light weight 6 speed trans. Light weight, Extremely aerodynamic, way more then the smart so it should get 100mpg, easy. The CD of the Insight is .25 , anyone know what the smart is?

Ignore the :30 second commercial in the begining.

This guy has converted a smart to run on LPG in addition to regular gasoline, I think the first Bi-fuel smart on the planet? They do not go into any details, only things like "This is the gas tank, this is the LPG tank..."

I am curious to find out if the distance per tank is more then gasoline alone. I think they installed smaller gasoline tank to save on space

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.htm...amac.toyota.cnn

The Honda GX NGV is listed as a AT-PZEV. In some places the emissions were cleaner then the outside air. AT is Advanced Technology and PZEV is Partial Zero-emission Vehicle. How could it be partial zero?

I waited years for the diesel smart to come to the US. I have been waiting for most of my adult life for Electric vehicles. I keep hearing about fuel cells. My pickup is killing me, and dam that scan gauge, I can now see how much fuel I am burning per hour. 3-4 gallons, when it is cold!

I need something soon. Honda is claiming to have a production hydrogen fuel cell car for 2008 ...

http://automobiles.honda.com/future-cars/index.asp

"the FCX Concept, a precursor to the production car coming in 2008"

Anyone have any experiance with a NGV?

Keith, after reading what other have said, don't try it on my account. I wouldn't want you to fry your car or scangauge. I think what we need is a ScanGauge III! with a 6 or 8 function display!

I guess I could try, since I have more than 1.

Optional location for the plug....

The second interface makes it easier to attach the cable if you velcro the back of the unit to the drawer.MG

Ok, Thanks. Has anyone tried to connect a second one to that port? I could use two more places for rpm and temp, with out having to switch back and forth.

TPS GPHMPG MPHDoes anyone know what the what the outlet is for on the right side of the ScanGauge is for? A second SC?

The engine weighs 70 kg,

Is that 154 US pounds? Good news for me and my project (only in the planning stages, in my head)

Grappling hook attached to back of transport truck infront of me, -100%!

With optional siphon hose, 200%

After that, it may be on loan to someone that would really like to have a (diesel) smart...

REALLY? Wow thanks!!! I always wanted a smart diesel!

I actually sat in one this past weekend. I was surprised, like everyone who sits in a smart for the first time, how much room there is! Plenty if leg room, comfortable and I was also surprise at how quiet they are. I did not get to drive the car but watching them cruising along the highway at NY speeds, I could see the ride is smooth.

I have some pics to post when I get a chance, along with some video.

Tires? For the snow? How about these... http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=116799

They seem good in the sand anyway.

Most will disagree with me but the Max Pressure that is stamped on the tire is what I use for all my cars and bikes for the last 20 years, with no problems with tire wear. You will feel the road more but it will improve your MPG's. I even go over on my S-10 PU, it says 44, I put 50. Rolls forever, and I can get 30 MPG at 55mph.

my hero! So, I am not dreaming when I believe it is possible! Congrats on the 105 MPG. Now imagine that engine on a motorcycle... 150mpg...

Here is the link to the movie web site.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/

Alot of info there that will surprise you. First electric car? 1834!

I just went to look at a Fit sport and I liked it. The seats are amazing, the seat bottoms fold up for tall storage, or they fold down and with the hatchback, I could even sleep back there! 31/37 city/highway is pretty good and for about 16,000 US, it is a steal. It gets 2x the MPG of my current S-10 pickup, but you can't tow a dam thing with the Fit. I am getting tired of waiting for the smart to get here... If the one they had at the dealer in Vivid Blue wasn't sold, I would have brought the bike home and came back with my PU to get price on trading it in.

if you backed off a little bit on the gas, you would have felt some buffeting. So any distance close then that, you were feeling the effects. It should save you a lot of fuel, over coming air resistance if a huge portion of the energy need to propel a vehicle. if you could keep the gas pedal at the exact same place on flat ground and pulled out from behind the truck you would have slowed down 10mph or more. do not use crusie, it will just accelerate more to keep the speed. it works, i have done it in a motorhome and for a short distance and that tank was 2mpg more then any other tank. and i did it for lesss then 50 miles.