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Old 06-29-2016, 02:13 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut View Post
And the idea is simple. HHO is not a fuel. It is not a catalyst. It takes part in the combustion. The combustion is accelerated a measurable amount thus ignition timing is able to be optimized closer to top dead center and pressure losses before top dead center (TDC) are transferred to pressure gains after TDC.
Strictly speaking HHO is a fuel, even providing its own oxygen; but its contribution as a fuel is just a fraction of the cost of splitting it through electrolysis, so I get your not counting it as fuel.

The challenge is to prove that a small amount of HHO does indeed speed up the combustion.
Now that should be doable with a modern car engine and an ODB2 device,
driving at a constant speed, flipping the HHO supply on and off and watching the effect on timing retard and instant fuel consumption.
Am I right in that?
Someone must have tried this already?
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