6.2 pedigree

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

I still think 6.2L sounds better...
Inches are so....trying to be special...

back on the main discussion what does the future may hold :

So loking at Le Mans they are running hybrid diesel electic systems
High horse engines that have 500+ hp
Added to high torque electic motors

Or systems like the porsche 918

I would love to see that in a baja like truck

It is complexer then just an engine
What do you guys think of haven the an hybrid setup?
With still the power or even greater then the 6.2 has nowa days

Dust isn't very nice to electric motors. With all the silt and dust in the baja, I'm sure it would be incredibly hard to have a reliable power plant that utilized a high HP gas/diesel motor with a high TQ electric motor. It's easier to just build a full race gas/diesel engine than try to figure out the complexities of getting an electric motor to work in the extreme environments those trucks are put through. Not to mention the R&D costs a team would have to incur to make it work.

 

[sabumaru]

Dust isn't very nice to electric motors. With all the silt and dust in the baja, I'm sure it would be incredibly hard to have a reliable power plant that utilized a high HP gas/diesel motor with a high TQ electric motor. It's easier to just build a full race gas/diesel engine than try to figure out the complexities of getting an electric motor to work in the extreme environments those trucks are put through. Not to mention the R&D costs a team would have to incur to make it work.

True... but why always take the easy way

Why do racing at all...or have low mpg overpowered ozon killers ?

Think it would be intresting...

 

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

Definitely would be, but you have to look at the marketing position as well. The market is all about high hp, earth shaking, child scaring, loud engines. I like the electric idea I just don't see it as being marketable just yet. Maybe in a few years.

 

[sabumaru]

Lets hope

Tbh
If i had the currency for it
I would try to build it

Just to he unique
Big ass 6.6L twinturbo
Swith the transfercase with a generator
Replace the front diff setup with a high rated electric setup
Litium ion batteries
And see if a combind 1000 horses wouldstop a monster

And yes F the milage the. Offcourse

 

[Ruger]

Naaaaaa.

First there's the power losses inherent from converting one kind of power into another. Diesel electric locomotives do fine with this because they can be as big and as heavy as need be, and because with trains torque is everything.

Second, weight. The diesel engine plus the generator that converts rotational energy into electrical energy and the electric motors that convert electric energy back into rotational energy will collectively weigh more than a more typical gas or diesel power plant.

Third, the application. Jordan makes an excellent point about dust. In addition, diesel electric propulsion has always been used when the application is for fairly steady state running - trains, ships, submarines. Off-road race trucks need to respond to rapid throttle changes and perform well at the same time.

 

[Cleave]

Just curious, why do you care?

To answer your question, it's neither. The Big/Small block classification is based on the external dimensions of the block. So a 396 Chevy is considered a Big Block and a 400 Chevy is a Small Block. Displacement is not the determining factor - even though big blocks tend to have a higher displacement of course.

Small/Big block terminology is used when the manufacturer offers both a larger and smaller exterior engine design. So to use Pontiac as an example, since all of their V8's had the same exterior dimensions, a Pontiac V8 is not referred to as a big or small block. Just try to find a die-hard Pontiac Enthusiast that calls a 455 a big block....you won't.

Exactly, since it has no sister engine, the 6.2L is not big or small blocked, but the 6.2L has wider bore spacing than any other ford gas engine (scaling up the engines so they all have the same displacement wouldn't change this either) and also has wider bore spacing and overall larger block than any other 6.2L on the market, so if you had to pick one or the other, it would be a big block