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Old 05-18-08, 05:24 PM   #24
jonheld
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I love those world wide webs.

This whole thread is full of half truths and pseudo-science.

In post #3 you stated, "so if we heat the fuel up before it, its closer to a vapor point but as of now we cannot heat it too much so that you don't wear out your injectors ect because it is fully vaporized”

Fuel vaporizes at 300C (572F) at 1ATM. The fuel in a fuel injection system is pressurized. You would have to heat the fuel close to exhaust temperatures within the fuel system to have any effect on vaporization. I call BS.

You then continued with, "I have no idea if the magnets do anything but it cant hurt. it is said magnets lower the boiling points and surface tension of water so maybe it works on gas.”

This is true. With the use of superconductor electromagnets under laboratory conditions, studies have shown that there is a small effect on surface tension. I call BS again.

The kicker for me is this statement, "Power actually increases! I have no idea how much but seat of the pants its noticeable. The higher ups at the company had mentioned around 20% more power and many people getting interested for performance aspects only but I have no proof of anything.”

So we’re now putting out 255HP and getting 35MPG. Somewhere along the road we have forgotten the law of conservation of energy.


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