It's a moment worth noting for those of you following the Scuderi Engine. Since the beginning of the Scuderi Engine prototype's development, one of the most frequently asked questions has always been: "What will the engine sound like?"
Everybody's had his or her theories, but it remained one of the biggest question marks. Until now! Thanks to the video posted today.
The running prototype proves Carmelo Scuderi's concept of splitting the four strokes of the Otto Cycle and Firing After Top Dead Center. The new Scuderi Cycle achieves in one rotation of the crankshaft what conventional engines can only do in two - all the while increasing efficiency and emitting up to 80 percent less NOx.
However, when Stephen Scuderi walked into the test cell to see and hear the Scuderi Engine running for the first time, he was more than pleasantly surprised by what he heard. Up until that time, when the valve train of the Scuderi Engine was tested as a sub-assembly, the sound was rather loud. So there was some concern that when the engine was finally running, much of that volume would carry over.
"As the test engineers made their adjustments and fine-tuned some of the controls," recalled Scuderi, "I noticed that the sound of the room's ventilation system was obscuring the actual sound of the engine. We couldn't hear it!"
After shutting off the ventilation system's fans, Stephen was then able to hear the true sound of the engine running, unmuffled and distraction free.
"Once they got our engine up to speed," he said, "it sounded much less percussive than a conventional research engine. In fact, the Scuderi Engine purrs like a kitten."
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