[SEL] New Toyota's with old technology

[JR504 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/29/2007 8:30:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lcjudge at scrtc.com writes:

The  first half of the combined 187 horsepower (same output as the 2006 
Camry  V-6 3.0 liter) unit is a 147 horsepower, 2.4 litre four cylinder  
Atkinson-cycle engine (a more efficient engine  design)



All of Toyotas and Fords Hybrids are Atkinson Cycle Engines.  They do  it 
with variable valve timing instead of changing the stroke length, but the end  
result is the same.  That's the reason they only run on low octane gas, and  
have such low compression numbers for a modern engine.  I think it's pretty  
cool.  
 
Joe Rappa
Mexico,NY




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