To be a Honda/Acura engineer actually creating new engines and such? I mean come on, you'd have pretty much any tool you need/want. You ever wonder if sometimes the engineers just have a little fun and create "concept" motors that are just totally off the wall and insanely powerful....

How my mind wonders when it's not occupied

 

Actually, it funny that you mentioned that. I have been wondering when Honda will retire the D-series motors...and what kind of motor will replace it. h:

I mean, consider how long the B and D series motors were in production...pretty impressive return on their investment.

 

No it would not. My engine would probably turn out lopsided and not even work at all.

 

i'd make a 32 cylinder engine with a redline of 89237487349287498372894320000

 

Jump forward with me to 2008 or so, when the S2000 is theoretically due for replacement.
Here's what I'd do for the successor.

I'd build a 2.5 liter 24 valve DOHC Inline-6, i-VTEC, with pneumatically "sprung" valves a la F1. Short-stroke, generous-bore motor with an astronomically high redline...say 14K. Somewhere around 280hp, 180tq.. :drool:

Maybe I'd throw in IMA as an option, maybe not. :chuckles:

Then...expand the Tochigi assembly plant to further support the manufacture and assembly of an aluminum bodied hardtop [& convertable] variant..about the same size as the current S2K, maybe a scoshe smaller.

ItalDesign or Pininfarina would be contracted for the design work, this time exclusively.

Mated to a six-speed manual transmission, the new "F25C1" would be mounted in the body with the majority of the block behind the front axle. Obviously, rear wheel drive....

Then tell marketing to price it at $35K..

Sounds nice, eh? :happysad:

 

actually, nope. you'd probably have metal-workers and machinists at your disposal, but you wouldn't have tools for yourself. and the budget that goes into creating a concept drivetrain is so high that the engineers over there wouldn't be able to do that "just for fun".

i'm just feeling pessimistic. it's what us engineers do best

 

I've actually got an idea for a new head design (think rotary vs. conventional new design). It probably wont work, but if it ever does, you'll all know about it.

 

so have you given this much thought? :db: