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Date:         Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:02:49 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
Comments: To: VWBrain@aol.com
In-Reply-To:  <67c40.2ba3ee94.3a76fe7d@aol.com>
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water injection you say? Water injection? Like in the sixties when all the scam shops were promoting running around with a jug of water draining into the carburetor? Lots of those guys ended up making license plates. mcneely ---- VWBrain@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/30/2011 10:28:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > mcneely4@COX.NET writes: > > You say that what you have set up is electrolysis. I would agree that > getting enough fuel out of electrolysis aboard a vehicle is literally a > "fool's errand." One would (1) consume more energy than the fuel would deliver, > and (2) the batteries required would fill up the vehicle. So I am quite > confused as to (1) what relationship the device you have set up is to what > the original poster is talking about, and (2) whether what the original > poster is talking about has much to do with reality, given that industry has > spent ages and tons of money working to come up with workable fuel cells for > application, while this guy says he is doing it in his garage and plans to > install it on his Vanagon. Interesting ............... . > > mcneely > > > > > hey guys there was a guy that had this setup in a bay window that came to > high country campout every year. Hads it in there for years , seemed to work > but only as an additive to the system, not for running oN competely. said > it did increases if fuel mileage. seems like water injection would > probably work just about the same. bunch of guys are running the water injection > on their aircooled vannie and showing a decrease in the head temps. later > mark d

-- David McNeely


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