doubling fuel economy for €300.....

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schnaarf
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:48 pm

apparently a company in Spain (link below) can add a bit of Hydrogen to the original fuel mixture in any car to increase fuel economy hugely. *looks* like a good idea!

almost doubled the mpg of a 5.7 chevy V8...

http://www.water-fuel-hybrid.com/
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:13 pm

Without eaven looking at the link im thinking 'Snakeoil'

I remember reading about the Mazda RX8 that was converted to hydrogen, it did work but as a fuel for a 'normal' engine it's not that good. The Mazda's boot was dominated by a massive gas tank but it's range was very poor (2.5 MPG 8O ) and the engine's power was about half that on petrol.
( http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Sea ... drogen-RE/ )


If you want to massivly reduce your running costs for about £300 then do a DIY LPG kit, mine will do 200 miles for £18... Not bad for a 320 boat anchor 8)
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:15 pm

as soon as i read things like...

The technology was carefully buried in the archives after WWII. Oil companies and governments would rather you did not know about this technology.
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:30 pm

Just fit an LPG kit...it's great winkeye
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:31 pm

i look at things like this and think what a load of s**t :roll:
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:45 pm

Seen loads of posts relating to this. General consensus is you'd use more energy turning the water into hydrogen than you'd release from the burning of the produced hydrogen.

Got images of people driving around with the big canvas bags on the roof full of hydrogen you see in the old war films.. No wonder the technology was buried :D
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:10 pm

Could be that hydrogen is the fuel of the future,no bloody tax on it...yet.... winkeye
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:18 pm

In a fuel cell, maybe... Then watch the tax grow...

But i can't see it happening in engines as we are used to them.
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:18 pm

itll be well taxed before it all starts.
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