petrol - hydrogen supplemented engines

[Immortality]

watched a interesting news article this evening where a mechanic fitted a small hydrogen producing unit on a falcon. he's claiming 20%+ increase in economy. the unit used straight tap water, it then added the hydrogen gas into the intake before the TB.

claimed to have made the unit with a couple hundred dollars worth of parts avail from the local hardware store. after having read a few articles on the web this seems to be a genuine way to increase combustion efficiency, cleaner burning engine.

thoughts/comments please

 

[vztrt]

got a link to the website.

 

[Immortality]

Water car cuts bills - Northern News news on Stuff.co.nz
Hydrogen Oxygen G.S. - HOGS

 

[TWOJZ]

doesn't work

there's already another thread discussing this which is still active.

the concept is good, but you simply can not produce anywhere near enough hydrogen to get any positive effects to fuel consumption.

 

[TWOJZ]

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/vz-holden-commodore-2004-2006/74032-run-your-car-water.html

 

[TWOJZ]

Water car cuts bills - Northern News news on Stuff.co.nz
Hydrogen Oxygen G.S. - HOGS

lol, the first link there, the guy is using distilled water! thats going to produce NO hydrogen.

the whole point is that the water has to be conductive, normal tap water will conduct a bit due to minerals in it, but distilled water will do nothing! lol

 

[Immortality]

the news article i saw is not the one listed above. the one i saw did use tap water, they did a test with the modified falcon and a standard falcon over a 100km trip. didn't catch the figures because the kids were gasbagging big time unfortunatly

they also mention a gas reffered to as HHO which is supposidly different to hydrogen. (i never paid attention in my chemistry class at school lol)

 

[burnz]

the news article i saw is not the one listed above. the one i saw did use tap water, they did a test with the modified falcon and a standard falcon over a 100km trip. didn't catch the figures because the kids were gasbagging big time unfortunatly

they also mention a gas reffered to as HHO which is supposidly different to hydrogen. (i never paid attention in my chemistry class at school lol)

yes seen that on TT, but who's to say the other guy wasen't fanging it.
17L/100 on a hundred kay trip for a six???
i get 9 in my eight!!

 

[TWOJZ]

the news article i saw is not the one listed above. the one i saw did use tap water, they did a test with the modified falcon and a standard falcon over a 100km trip. didn't catch the figures because the kids were gasbagging big time unfortunatly

the figures they claimed were 5 litres in the hydrogen car, and 21 litres in the standard car!!!

HAHAHA!!!

the video is linked to somewhere in the other thread.

 

[burnz]

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