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Originally Posted by tjts1
I think its been pretty firmly establishes that this whole hydrogen thing is BS and it doesn't work. If it worked, everybody would be using it by now, especially on this forum. Some people have tried it once or twice and they got mixed results at best. Certainly nothing to justify the effort of building the whole contraption in the first place. In most cases any FE benefit is a combination the driver uncontentious changing his driving habits and a whole lots of fudging of the numbers here and there. No matter what your method, will always consume more energy splitting the hydrogen and oxygen than you can can get back. You can't cheat the laws of physics.
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Well... That's not quite true. Extensive research was done, and it was shown that hydrogen can extend the lean burn limit of a gasoline powered internal combustion engine...
Sure the kits don't work, but the kits don't alter the A/F ratio of your car.
If you could find a way to trick your car into running lean with a good hydrogen generator, you would see small gains. You'd have to map the A/F ratio against load though. It'd be hard but doable.
FOr some reason, the wikipedia page on it isn't showing for me. However, IIRC correctly, hydrogen fuel enhancement can allow a gas engine to run as lean as 25:1 at low loads.