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Forum: EcoModding Central 09-05-2019, 10:13 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 8,803
Posted By owly
Somebody below linked to a site that presumably...

Somebody below linked to a site that presumably explains phase change.... We are NOT talking about brine here, but phase change of a salt from solid to liquid. The principle is the same as melting...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-05-2019, 03:25 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 8,803
Posted By owly
Fuel is Fuel.... An alternative view to economy

....... I look at fuel efficiency a bit more broadly than just gas mileage............. About 80% of the energy in a gallon of gasoline goes out as waste heat...... and we cannot improve much on...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-05-2019, 03:15 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,249
Posted By owly
I've been using a TCC lock switch on my Chevy...

I've been using a TCC lock switch on my Chevy 1500 2wd for close to 15 years now. (4L60E). Initially I discovered that the PWM valve (electronic pressure modulation valve) would reduce the...
Forum: Success Stories 06-11-2019, 10:44 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,893
Posted By owly
Hot Air Intake ....failure....

There is no place for failure stories here, but they are as valuable as success stories. How else are we to know what doesn't work? T

I put a hot air intake on my 2010 Subaru Outback. The...
Forum: Success Stories 12-18-2013, 10:54 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 8,390
Posted By owly
An easy 13.6%

I've been anti ethanol since the very beginning...........It's a dead loss. Not only does nobody count the full energy cost of growing the grain and processing it into fuel, but the loss in...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-09-2013, 04:22 PM
Replies: 393
Views: 147,866
Posted By owly
Model it........... The side force acting on the...

Model it........... The side force acting on the tire contact point if you are turning to the left will be to the right...... steering out of the turn. Look at a bicycle........... The straighter...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-09-2013, 03:26 PM
Replies: 393
Views: 147,866
Posted By owly
The Isuzu engine on a thermo king is rated down...

The Isuzu engine on a thermo king is rated down around 20 HP actually, but the same engine is used in the Isuzu pickup with a different injector pump and puts out somewhere in the neighborhood of 45...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-09-2013, 03:17 PM
Replies: 393
Views: 147,866
Posted By owly
That was a typo......... it should have read .5...

That was a typo......... it should have read .5 LB per hour. That would be 12 HP for every gallon per hour............. sorry!

Howard
Forum: Success Stories 09-05-2013, 12:22 PM
Replies: 151
Views: 76,823
Posted By owly
Direct personal experience with diesels has shown...

Direct personal experience with diesels has shown me that high compression is one key, and good atomization another. NON TURBO engines with very high compression ratio, and undersize injector tips...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-05-2013, 11:37 AM
Replies: 393
Views: 147,866
Posted By owly
Exciting Project

I just logged on and saw your project......... GREAT!! I've built many things over the years including aircraft, and have been contemplating something very like this. My own concept involves...
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