New High Performance Engines, land or sea?

[Backfire]

Just out from Soundings Trade Only Today
BRP, Malaysian firm sign engine deal

Bombardier Recreational Products has signed an agreement with a Malaysian fuel company to design and develop a new line of high-performance engines.

Under the terms of the agreement between privately held BRP and Petroliam Nasional Bhd, also known as Petronas, the engines will be manufactured at a BRP-Rotax facility in Gunskierchen Austria. BRP-Rotax is a subsidiary of Quebec-based BRP.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Petronas in fiscal year 2005 had a net income of $9.4 billion producing oil, gas and liquefied natural gas. The company also ventured into the motor sports industry, developing engines for a “superbike” and a go-kart. According to a press release, the company was seeking a strong partner with “vast experiences in engine technology.”

BRP manufactures Johnson and Evinrude outboards, Sea Doo watercraft and sport boats, snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, go-karts and direct engine technologies such as Evinrude E-TEC.
Something is moving in the go fast lane, wonder what the plan is?
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[Riverratt]

Sounds like there is still hope yet.

[stokernick]

probably going to ''splash'' a MERCURY!!!!!!!!!!!!:p :p :p :p :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Riverman]

Rotax is also one of the largest recip aircraft engine manufacturers in the world.


http://www.rotax-aircraft-engines.com/aircraft/aircraft.nsf/index?Openpage

[Fish]

wow, that is definitely interesting.

[CDave]

Yeah,Petronas is kinda involved in high performance.


What started as merely a branding exercise for Malaysia's national oil and gas conglomerate soon developed into a full blown technological and expertise acquisition, a vital driving force in the nation's vision to become fully industrialised.

True to PETRONAS' philosophy of adding value to its ventures, SAUBER PETRONAS ENGINEERING (SPE) was established in 1996 to fulfil both the Formula One Team's engineering needs and to facilitate PETRONAS' Technology Transfer Programme related to automotive engineering and collaboration in the lubricant and fuel development.

Since 1996, PETRONAS through SPE has achieved several milestones; the high performance two-litre car engine, the GP1 in-line triple motorcycle engine which later became Malaysia's first superbike, the FP1. In the area of product R&D, the Team SAUBER PETRONAS has been using the PETRONAS F1 Syntium lubricant since 2000 and the PETRONAS F1 Primax fuel since 2002.
(http://www.sauber-petronas.com/en/partner/index.php)

[150aintenuff]

what I would like to see is a 2 stroke engine with an oil sump and running straight fuel in the combustion chamber so higher compression ratios can be used as well as standard engine oil with a change interval eliminating the need to mix fuel and oil with in the engine entirely... it can be done... just takes a design plan..

[CDave]

what I would like to see is a 2 stroke engine with an oil sump and running straight fuel in the combustion chamber so higher compression ratios can be used as well as standard engine oil with a change interval eliminating the need to mix fuel and oil with in the engine entirely... it can be done... just takes a design plan..

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