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Old 09-03-2008, 09:13 PM   #9 (permalink)
ConnClark
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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz View Post
Taking your calculations for dead on accurate, I see this as ... for every 4 gallons you burn you get an extra fifth for free ... so he should see a 25% increase in efficiency ... Is that so bad? Other than slowing down, no other mods I have done to my personal vehicle have yielded a percentage improvement that high.
No, You put in around 4 times more work to generate the hydrogen than you get out by burning the hydrogen.


Note that my calculations are very generous too.
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