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There is a train that moves on magnets. We know that magnets can propel the other object away, pending how much power, really far really fast. Why not put that idea in an engine. We just need to get a piston to move. So have a magnet pulse resist the piston, and push it up, then allow its weight, or another magnet, push it back down. The faster you go, the faster it gets bounced back and forth. Now you can haul butt from a light, and the pistons getting a "pong" work out under the hood.
MadJay, Mar 22 2009
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It would be simpler to have the magnet pull the piston up instead of pushing it. Magnets only repel magnets, but they will attract any piece of iron or steel. This idea has been suggested and discussed here. Really, this would just be a rather inefficient electric motor. A conventional electric motor would be far more effective.
Look uop "electric motor". That is what you are re-inventing.