Coates International Ltd. announced that its chief executive officer, George J. Coates, is talking with a group who want to attempt to break the land speed record for internal combustion piston engine vehicles.
The group approached Coates because of two primary factors:
1) Coates’ CSRV (Coates Spherical Rotary Valve) engines can be operated at far higher RPM than all other internal combustion piston engines.
2) Coates recently created two high-speed racing engines, one using a Ford 351 SVO aluminum block and the other using a Ford 302 SVO aluminum block.
While final testing of the CSRV Electric Power Natural Gas Industrial Generator is in process, and is being done by an independent testing laboratory recommended and recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the company is proceeding with other possible deals.
George Coates said: “To break the land speed record using an internal combustion piston engine will depend on which engine size and category is targeted, but we are in serious discussions regarding this possibility. In fact, the company has already created an initial design for a complete Coates vehicle incorporating the CSRV Engine, to achieve such a land speed record.”
The last record using an internal combustion piston engine vehicle was driven by Bob Summers in “Goldenrod” on November 13, 1965, when he did 409.277 miles per hour over a one-mile run.
Coates’ CSRV system is used on Coates’ high-performance racing engine that incorporates a Ford 351 block – that engine has a 14 to 1 compression ratio, high volumetric efficiency, and is designed to run at10,500 RPM. Recently demonstrated to another racing team, it had incredible throttle response, and its design should result in substantially lower maintenance than current racing engines.
Coates’ engines are quieter, have ultra-low emissions, higher power output per pound, and are more dynamically balanced than conventional poppet valve engines with better “breathing” capability and higher speed capability. Coates’ technology allows the use of smaller, lighter and more efficient engines. They are capable of running on such fuels as gasoline, natural gas, propane, digested land fill gas, hydrogen, methanol, ethanol and diesel.