07-22-2008, 08:40 AM
You're right, the excess heat could, in theory, be harnassed to get some more mpg. I think this would however be extremely difficult to do in a cost-effective manner. Car engines thankfully don't use all that much gasoline (volume-wise) and so don't produce all that much heat; the losses that would be involved trying to convert that to hydrogen would quickly wipe out any advantage.
I'm disappointed I can't find a good expose of the water-engine systems on the internet; but instead of thinking there might be something to them I suspect it's because so many variations are being offered.
Just looking at the websites offering these devices is enough to convince me, they drip of snake oil.
If someone really had constructed such an engine, I'd expect to see it announced on the front pages of the major newspapers, not on a cardboard sign by the side of the highway.
If I was a betting man I'd gladly offer 100-1 that Ford won't have this as a standard feature in their engines in 10 years time.
People don't risk your money; if there's really something to it we'll all know about it soon enough!
I'm disappointed I can't find a good expose of the water-engine systems on the internet; but instead of thinking there might be something to them I suspect it's because so many variations are being offered.
Just looking at the websites offering these devices is enough to convince me, they drip of snake oil.
If someone really had constructed such an engine, I'd expect to see it announced on the front pages of the major newspapers, not on a cardboard sign by the side of the highway.
If I was a betting man I'd gladly offer 100-1 that Ford won't have this as a standard feature in their engines in 10 years time.
People don't risk your money; if there's really something to it we'll all know about it soon enough!