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LeakyIdeas · 07-06-2010, 11:03 AM

What about taking a diesel RC motor, welding it to the exhaust manifold (insulate the outside of it), and when it gets hot enough dripping water into the injector port (instead of fuel)?

(and collecting the steam from the exhaust and recycling it so the water is already hot and add a little oil)

i.e. skip the whole storing and heating large amounts of water part.

an alternator from a motorcycle may be better in this case (if underpowered), as i think they spin slower. if it worked then you could put one between the exhausts so getting 3 on an inline 4.

or is that just too simple to work?

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LeakyIdeas EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What about taking a diesel RC motor, welding it to the exhaust manifold (insulate the outside of it), and when it gets hot enough dripping water into the injector port (instead of fuel)? (and collecting the steam from the exhaust and recycling it so the water is already hot and add a little oil) i.e. skip the whole storing and heating large amounts of water part. an alternator from a motorcycle may be better in this case (if underpowered), as i think they spin slower. if it worked then you could put one between the exhausts so getting 3 on an inline 4. or is that just too simple to work? Last edited by LeakyIdeas; 07-06-2010 at 11:15 AM..