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What ever happened to Smokey Yunick`s Hot Vapor Engine?
Smokey Yunick VS The Big 3
If you stay till the end of the video you will see a lot more of the engines.
pictures of engines never seen.
It is a long story, Regarding the kit, there was a time where that was explored as a joint venture with Crane, but it was scuttled primarily because the lawyers saw to much exposure with potential improper installs. Some other reasons:
WHY NO ENGINE IN THE INTERIM 40 YEARS?
1. The first reason is OIL, not Big Oil, although that is a part of the answer too. In the early 80’s the widespread availability of synthetic motor oil and lube was a decade or two away. In order to make the engine functional at the temperatures required for the engine to achieve Hot Vapor process Smokey was using Jet Engine oil that was 98 dollars a quart.
2. Of course, Big Oil was a reason as well. After the Oil Embargo of 73 there was a push toward fuel economy. But by the time Ronald Reagan assumed the Presidency, one of the first acts was to remove the solar panels from the White House roof. The rest of the decade saw a move toward less of an emphasis on the fears of the 70s and the return of gas shortages.
3. The OEMs had ideas of their own and moved back toward the idea that cooling an engine was the answer. They had also made a commitment toward EFI and they were not going backward. The culture of that time (Pre- Jobs, Gates and Tech Entrepreneurs) tended to look down on engineers without formal degrees. What Marlan Davis called, “it wasn’t invented here syndrome” in his article for HotRod Magazine: “It was the "not invented here syndrome" rearing its ugly head again. “How could a couple of gearhead hot rodders know more than all of Detroit's best engineering talent?”
4. Lack of access to the original engines. Smokey made the conscious decision and concerted effort to keep the hard tech from the “suits” There is good evidence that even trained engineers with access don’t understand what they are seeing and misidentify and misunderstand what is in plain sight. To the trained eye Yunick’s efforts to effectively camouflage critical parts and components is evident. This pattern of false bread crumb trails carried over to the patents themselves where Smokey would use in-exact, misleading, or made-up descriptions as well as omissions to throw potential IP thieves off track. We have already identified at least one instance where the drawing in a patent is not the same as the working physical engine.
5. There is no doubt that the fall of John DeLorean was a crucial set back. And, the Hunt Brothers were having their own problems with Law Enforcement. However ultimately, it was probably Henry “Smokey” Yunick that made the conscious decision himself. There was no arguing Yunick’s genius. Nor his eccentricities and “My way or the highway” terms. He was now in his 60s and was slowing down, thinking about writing a book or two. He was already a legend, decorated WWII Pilot, Inventor and had won over 50 races in every type of auto racing. He had business interest in South America. He had spent decades being challenged by Auto and Race Execs. The endless parade of engineering teams alone must have been exhausting, always the fear that they are going to steal your knowledge and work. To prevent this there was always a false trail in the treasure maps he left behind, “It is really quite simple, and I am careful not saying too much. This is the only way I can be sure nobody knows how the system exactly works says Smokey” Swedish Hotrod Magazine
6. At the end, maybe he just got tired, to quote him as he closes out the chapter of something that he pursued for half his life, “These things start out as a little conversation and like a hurricane get spinning faster and faster and I guess where the inventor generally gets blowed out the side someplace then the wind and rain goes away and in thirty days it is like it never happened. As it stands today the Smithsonian has inquired about a hot vapor engine for their museum. Maybe you can check it out there if they never get it into vehicles. They’ve also got one of my hats.” Eating the Elephant page 249.
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