This came up on another list - sounds pretty cool
Here is the Autoweek article:
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/FREE/302270007/1
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Jeff Chan wrote:
>
> Autoweek reports both Lotus and Bosch working on 6-cycle engines with
> an added power stroke over 4-cycle engines. The additional power
> stroke pulls some "Oxygen-free radicals" back in from the exhaust and
> ignites them along with some extra fuel using compression (Dieseling).
> The result is said to be significantly greater power and torque with
> lower emissions. Lotus Engineering technical director Simon Wood
> claims a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and V8
> performance from a 4-cylinder engine.
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