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Old 03-04-2011, 12:33 PM   #106 (permalink)
byte312
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Good work and test

I really like this study that you have done. The same must be true of the power steering pump. I don't think I really need power steering once I get rolling. Could I run the steering pump off of a small electric motor that would turn on and off as needed? An ECU could do that based on speed.
The catalytic converter burns up the unburned hydrocarbons so why not replace it with a fuel cell? You would not need an alternator to produce electricity. I understand that I a talking about some big money to do all of this but you could also remove the other loads from the engine to test the gains.
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