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Date:         Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:58:07 -0500
Reply-To:     David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
In-Reply-To:  <4d45bcb4.081eec0a.0322.ffffae29@mx.google.com>
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Also known in the high powered aircraft reciprocating engine world as ADI: Anti Detonant Injection.

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:

> I was under the impression that airliners use water injection for > takeoff and altitude establishment..... > > I had a Spearco dual stage Water Injection system on my dual Cadron > set up in my 71 loaf. It worked very well right up until the micro > small injector jets would lime up from hard water or even the > smallest piece of crud. I always wondered if they ever solved that > problem. I used distilled water and still had trouble. > > DM&FS > > > At 01:02 PM 1/30/2011, Dave Mcneely wrote: > >> 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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