Exploration vehicle challenge (RESULTS ARE IN!!)

[cpufreak101]

Well, I think a 0.5 multiplier is more of a penalty than a multiplier... How about increasing all the multipliers by 0.5?

EDIT: Nevermind, I was being an idiot. Total Emissions should be a penalty instead of a multiplier, though.

total emissions are a penalty, they get subtracted from the score, the 0.5 on it makes it so that way the score isn't always negative which was happening in testing

[Sillyworld]

The Powerbus, specially made for moving a lot of people from extreme-place point A to extreme off-road point B. Capable of working in a variety of hostile enviroments and in the most harsh conditions, the most useful tool for explorers and extreme scientists.

[koolkei]

just clarifiying. NO ELECTRONIC fuel injection right? not downright fuel injection?

cause even if it's mechanical, it's still better than carbs

[cpufreak101]

just clarifiying. NO ELECTRONIC fuel injection right? not downright fuel injection?

cause even if it's mechanical, it's still better than carbs

correct, no electronic, mechanical is 100% ok, in fact it's what i used in my test vehicles

[DoctorNarfy]

Yeah, Mechanical fuel injection is better as far as horsepower output, but in my opinion, it's not worth the price gap. I've found a way to use carburetor to get pretty darn good reliability, but in the process, I think I've won the award for lowest specific output. 8 liters of thundering fury, developing... Wait for it....


110 Horsepower.

[HighOctaneLove]

Bogliq Automotive REALLY needs the money from this contract so we've come up with this!

Presenting the 1995 Bogliq Khan!!!

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No idea how it'll go in the calculations but it was fun to design something different from the usual competitions but which still has a purpose I can support! (No way am I designing a Hummer competitor, )

[koolkei]

Yeah, Mechanical fuel injection is better as far as horsepower output, but in my opinion, it's not worth the price gap. I've found a way to use carburetor to get pretty darn good reliability, but in the process, I think I've won the award for lowest specific output. 8 liters of thundering fury, developing... Wait for it....

110 Horsepower.

well..... 13.75HP per liter. but power band? also, i assuming it's a v8?

[Zabhawkin]

Introducing DMA's entry, the O95 Global

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[Sillyworld]

Yeah, Mechanical fuel injection is better as far as horsepower output, but in my opinion, it's not worth the price gap. I've found a way to use carburetor to get pretty darn good reliability, but in the process, I think I've won the award for lowest specific output. 8 liters of thundering fury, developing... Wait for it....

110 Horsepower.

well..... 13.75HP per liter. but power band? also, i assuming it's a v8?

MFI it's expensive and complicated, I used a big old carburetor. And, since I know I wasn't getting anywhere with fuel economy, I designed instead a really torquey engine, with a low specific output as well... but not that low.

[thecarlover]

Just wondering, is the basic 3-way catalytic converter the only one we can use, or is it a choice between that and the high-flow 3-way one?

[Sillyworld]

Just wondering, is the basic 3-way catalytic converter the only one we can use, or is it a choice between that and the high-flow 3-way one?

rules
final cost: $20000 (markets tab)
year:1995
Low quality unleaded
3 way catalytic converter required (not high flow)
no EFI

The regular one, not high flow

[koolkei]

MFI it's expensive and complicated, I used a big old carburetor. And, since I know I wasn't getting anywhere with fuel economy, I designed instead a really torquey engine, with a low specific output as well... but not that low.

lol i thought the only one having the problem this bad.

like 4.7km/l i think.

[cpufreak101]

MFI it's expensive and complicated, I used a big old carburetor. And, since I know I wasn't getting anywhere with fuel economy, I designed instead a really torquey engine, with a low specific output as well... but not that low.

lol i thought the only one having the problem this bad.

like 4.7km/l i think.

i remember the vehicle i made as a test of the rules got me like 12 MPG using MFI, so it isn't impossible to get into double digits

[thecarlover]

MFI it's expensive and complicated, I used a big old carburetor. And, since I know I wasn't getting anywhere with fuel economy, I designed instead a really torquey engine, with a low specific output as well... but not that low.

lol i thought the only one having the problem this bad.

like 4.7km/l i think.

i remember the vehicle i made as a test of the rules got me like 12 MPG using MFI, so it isn't impossible to get into double digits

I'm getting 11.9 mpg with it right now, and I still need to do some tweaking, so it's entirely possible. Of course having a vehicle that weighs less than 1500 kg makes it easier to go for fuel economy.

[koolkei]

MFI it's expensive and complicated, I used a big old carburetor. And, since I know I wasn't getting anywhere with fuel economy, I designed instead a really torquey engine, with a low specific output as well... but not that low.

lol i thought the only one having the problem this bad.

like 4.7km/l i think.

i remember the vehicle i made as a test of the rules got me like 12 MPG using MFI, so it isn't impossible to get into double digits

uuh buddy?

4.7km/l is 11.05MPG. it's already in double digits