[ryan_010]

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download the movie and see for yourself.............

 

[Shakey Finch]

Wow..........

 

[ryan_010]

imagine how fast the mines car would accellerate with these babies.:chuckle: might be worth buying some shares..........

 

[Bajie]

Brilliant feat of engineering.

 

[tarmac terror]

I'm impressed. From an engineering perspective its pure gold. I can see this being HUGE.

These Aussies are clever.......

TT

 

[bkvj]

im buying some shares now lol

 

[roadie]

The thought of never having another cracked cv boot

 

[bkvj]

hehe.

man, this should be going in planes, trains, cars...

im thinking of buying 1000 orso shares!

 

[andreasgtr]

That´s just great. Genius

 

[GTR RGT]

wow....................................
So if my engine is producing 480bhp, I'm gonna get 480bhp to the wheels?

 

[GTR RICH]

Look fantastic but How much though ???

 

[ScottG]

Thats pretty amazing!

 

[rico2k_uk]

wow....................................
So if my engine is producing 480bhp, I'm gonna get 480bhp to the wheels?

no.

cv joints, etc are only one place where power is lost. main ones being the power needed to all the moving parts (gearbox, driveshaft, etc)... will defo help! maybe if we ask nicely, they will test some of these on skylines

 

[skykit]

Look fantastic but How much though ???

If the demand is high enough i am sure that prices wont be to bad... in fact chances are we wont ever really know as will probably be an oe part on cars of the future

 

[NealGTS]

wow..that is some design - im going to plough some funds into this lol

 

[JohnA]

Impressive in it's simplicity

 

[Adam_GTR]

Wow, thats impressive. How come we've never heard of this until now ? Surely car companys would be going mad over these ?

Talking about the Aussies, there is a story from New Zealand about a man who made a fuel based on water.

Water powered motorbike - Google Video

 

[JohnA]

This guy is not just a hoaxter, he's a bad liar as well, lol...

 

[emicen]

The problem with it making it on to cars is its complexity.

The number of bearing races and machining that would have to go in to that vs. a normal style CV would make it probably ten times as expensive as a normal CV joint. :banned:

Read about this about 2 years ago in an Engineering publication in Uni. Should maybe have paid more attention then. I could see it making it on to marine and helicopter applications and industry, but it will be a long time before it would filter down on to cars.

Incidentally, with regards to no more cracked CV boots, I'd be amazed if it didnt require a boot to prevent dirt ingress on automotive applications.

 

[skyline69_uk]

Am I the only one who noticed some lateral non-centric loading going on in the demos of that joint?