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Old 07-10-2015, 12:52 AM   #4 (permalink)
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So my question is, is it even possible for a gasoline fueled internal combustion engine to be used to produce steam in any way that would actually be efficient?
I had an old Studebaker that turned gas into steam enthusiastically, if not efficiently.

Insofar as recovering waste heat with steam, there is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer. Others listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaus...ecovery_system

Turbocharged Corvairs used water injection to protect the engine (or was it the Olds F-85?).
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