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Old 10-01-2008, 12:54 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MazdaMatt View Post
I like the idea of using the exhaust gas for a half-turbo to belt-drive an alternator. Sounds like ther eisn't much complication compared to the other ideas. Using exhaust HEAT to run some heat-engine to turn the alt would be the next step in my opinion, but that is a factor more difficult than the previous idea. using a turbo or heat engine to run a generator to produce HHO to produce more power/efficiency... that's getting a little silly, no?
Silly...? Why? They do produce gas and it does explode (don't ask).

Its not silly when people put nitrous oxide into their engine to produce power.

I want to run hho to reduce the amount of gasoline I burn not get HP gains.
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