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To: Greg Cummings who wrote (227)	5/20/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: shashyazhi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3383

Ron Holland, the inventor of Dolphin pulse charging for BAT International told me that Yanmar, the manufacturer of the 1500 cc diesel engine used in their Supercar had claimed that the 25 -horsepower diesel used 0.34 pounds of fuel per horsepower per hour. His actual tests indicated that the engine burned 0.36 pounds of fuel. To improve that by 30% he has to reach 0.25 pounds per horsepower per hour. He believes he can do it. Shelby believes that the OX-2 can use as little as 0.21 pounds. So we do have a range of brake specific fuel consumptions that an engine could run in. BSFC allows engines of varying displacements and designs to be compared on a more equal basis. One of the biggest fuel wastes in the internal combustion engine is the fact that fuel must be wasted to keep the engine cool. Therefore, a sub-stochiometric fuel/air ratio is used. Another power waster is pumping losses. An engine may waste as much as one-third of its power just pumping air in and out of the engine. Of course there are friction losses, too. It might take three to five horsepower just to drive the camshaft and its associated valve train. Instead of having valves, the OX-2 apparently has ports which align with the cylinders every ninety degrees of rotation. I can see what looks like throttle bodies at the top and bottom, and two exhaust pipes at the two sides of the engine. Perhaps the engine uses fuel injection. There may be some kind of seal which separates the intake and exhaust to avoid short-circuiting of the incoming fuel air mixture. On the other hand, the OX-2 information talks about mixing intake and exhaust. This may assist in the atomization of the fuel. The smaller the fuel particles, the more complete the combustion can be, and it can take place at a lower average temperature. Mazda ran into the gyroscopic torque forces described by Sword. They had a four-rotor engine in a sports-racing car. It cornered to the right and to the left differently, depending upon whether the throttle was open or closed. They were using heavy, cast-iron rotors. They switched to aluminum rotors to eliminate this problem. The cylinder block in the OX-2 could be made of aluminum with chrome-plated cylinder bores. This technology has been used in motorcycles for over thirty years.

To: Greg Cummings who wrote (227)	5/20/1998 7:57:00 PM
From: Sword	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3383

Greg: It appears that the stock is under some selling pressure. I mentioned earlier that I have an alter ego that includes both long term investments and daytrading. I assure you that I am not the one short selling the stock. I promise not to touch this stock, either long or short until more information in regard to independent testing is available. I'm just here because it's fun to talk about it and evaluate the engine from afar with the scant information given. But in regards to investment in the company, Buckfa is very wise in recommending we find out when the company held shares can be traded. This is an immense block and could drive the price into the single digits if unloaded all at once. Have you made any progress in finding this out, Buckfa? And is there anyone else who might be able to help in this? -Sword