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Obviously, this system works, because Toyota has made a working prototype: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185789-toyota-develops-high-efficiency-free-piston-no-crankshaft-combustion-engine-to-power-an-ev

They use compressed air to start ship engines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-start_system

Compressed air in blown into the cylinders when the pistons both at TDC, forcing the them down and storing energy in the spring. The rebound from the spring will release the stored energy, forcing them back up, which will compress the air, and fuel will be injected when they are both at TDC.

We could use a hybrid turbocharger to start the enginator with compressed air. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_turbocharger

You could use a spring. Also, you could start it with compressed air, like they do for marine diesels. Perhaps you could use HTS wire...the linear alternator would be insulated from the combustion heat due to an aerogel gasket between the piston and the magnet.

The inertia from the power strokes and the flywheel 9or in this case, the springs).

You don't know how an ICE works? third stroke and fifth stroke are from combusted fuel and vaporizing water, respectively, the others are from inertia.

I'm back here. I had some stuff to do over the past few days. We're going over my idea with my automotive engineer friend. He says it could work, but we'd have to worry about corrosion and ensure the water is nearly 100C to ensure it actually vaporizes and doesn't just heat up and flood the...

I was asking, is this feasible, not necessarily economically feasible. What information do you need?

I asked a question, and I expect a more thorough answer than "it's too expensive".

I'm trying to get best performance, not necessarily the best mileage. A diesel-electric can produce torque at 0 rpm, with a flat torque curve. This allows for excellent acceleration from a standing stop, and having independent electric motors on each wheel allows for torque vectoring, which will...

I've got an idea for a high performance Diesel, and I'd like to know if you guys think it's feasible, as me and my friend are mulling it over (be patient with me, I know I may not be explaining this properly). We plan to build a 24 cylinder engine, where the bore:stroke ratio is 5":4". The...