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Old 08-20-2011, 12:16 AM   #5 (permalink)
gone-ot
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...water-vapor and water/methanol are rather different sides of a similar coin. Yes, they both use water, but water-vapor doesn't "add" any BTU's or oxygen to the combustion process as water/methanol does. So, they're not the same process in the final analyses.

...a water-vapor bubbler basically is a controlled vacuum "leak" that's introducing high-humidity AIR into the manifold, which obviously makes the engine run LEAN, which (if it doesn't burn any valves) often does yield better gas milage...but at a price if things get TOO lean, ie: burned valves!

...water/methanol "injection" provides BOTH additional "fuel" (BTU's as well as additional OXYGEN--50% mass fraction!) via the methanol (CH3OH). And, water/ethanol would provide 30% less oxygen (35% mass fraction).

...the OP is a device proporting to breakdown water back into its hydrogen and oxygen constituants for "re-combustion" inside the cylinders. 20-amperes current is close to 1/2-horsepower!

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