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Originally Posted by sarguy01
I'm sorry if I got off track trying to talk you out of driving your beloved Bronco. But, if you did buy a car, you'd save thousands in fuel every year...just saying! The difference between 10 and 35 mpg is pretty huge, especially after a few months of the miles adding up. Plus, if you got a beater car, you could experiment to your heart's desire and not worry a whole lot about destroying it. Once you find something that works, then put it to work on the Bronco.
This video is pretty interesting. I also find it amusing that he lets the flames touch the fan and his wall. Does he want his house to catch fire??
So the basic theory here is, get a second fuel cell, heat it with engine exhaust, run the vapors/fumes into the carb and then shut the gasoline supply off? How are the vapors regulated? If you are idling, will too much vapor build up? How do the vapors keep up at wide open throttle on that tiny, fuel sipping 460?
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sort of, its just like the old tractors that had hot intakes, the vapor is generated as fuel from the carb hits a hot surface in the intake path, im using exhaust heat for the air, making steam with the exhaust, then putting the hot air and steam through the carb. then it goes through a flame arresting screen to a electrical heater, then through another flame arresting screen into a dual plane manifold. thats what im testing first. if i can get the air+steam to be around 300-500 degf and then atomize 200-300deg oil with the carb (electric fuel line heating so it can be turned off when running gasoline), and hit a surface that is attempting to maintain 1000-1200 deg f, then pass another screen to kill any flames that might occur, i think it will work. look at marcello and his 4 way t fitting he just uses exhaust heat and it seems to work. plus ive seen on another thread in here someone was able to run near 50/50 gas and diesel in their v8. the hotter it is, the more oils you can use. just like the old tractors, and if your compression is a bit high its safer to use steam to keep it from detonating.
it shows the intake charge actually lighting off, technically flames are a state of "plasma"
no smoke, "stock sized carburetor" hot intake, and it runs i have a few things added to my experiment due to larger engine, and higher cr and thats about it
heres another guy ive talked to bill kendrick
he does the vapor/heat thing with gasoline, a bit different set up but i think its relevant, he actually shows the engine revving but hes talking more..