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Old 09-20-2019, 06:31 PM   #27 (permalink)
jorgemiguel4
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Pre-heating the fuel (not to the point of vaporising it) might be interesting. It's been widely used in those vegetable oil conversion kits, because they're harder to vaporise while injected at ambient temperatures. Better vaporising may lead to a more complete combustion. Other approach that might be useful is water injection, eventually also using the residual water taken out of the interior by the air conditioner.
Original filter already have a thermostat, it maintains the fuel at about 50ºC. And I believe it heats further inside the injector body.
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