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russ_watters reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Severe Turbulence for Delta Flight 56 (NTSB report) with
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russ_watters replied to the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG?.Adding to this: a Mustang Mach-E gets about 3 mi / kWh, almost exactly equivalent to 100mpg, or 12 hp at 80% efficiency. It's in the...
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russ_watters reacted to jack action's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
In an ideal reciprocating engine, any thermodynamic loss found in the compression stroke is compensated by the gain in the following...
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russ_watters reacted to OmCheeto's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
It appears to have been a 351, and not a 427. Two hundred miles on less than two gallons of gas? That’s the spectacular fuel economy...
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russ_watters reacted to OmCheeto's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
This thread is more and more reminding me of my very first thread, and the image that inspired it: The image confused the hell out of me.
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russ_watters reacted to pinball1970's post in the thread Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours with Like.
I had a quick look at this...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours.It's 6th on the list in the USA, by a factor of 6 from the leading cause (heart disease). This is almost certainly a matter of...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours.That sounds nice I guess, but it's really not a very big number. Not smoking reduces your odds of lung cancer by around 95%. A measles...
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russ_watters reacted to jrmichler's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
A rule of thumb is that a typical normally aspirated automobile gas engine burns 0.5 lbs of gasoline per horsepower-hour. Since...
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russ_watters replied to the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG?.I did some simple cals on this once here, but can't find them, so I'll recreate: Gasoline has an energy content of 33.41 kWh / gal, or...
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russ_watters reacted to digitalghost's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
I did not miss any point... I worked on teams designing both Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as well as Propane - both fuels are a gas...
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russ_watters reacted to Ranger Mike's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
Excellent reply Jack Smokey Yunick did some very good research on his vapor engine. I suggest good read...
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russ_watters reacted to jack action's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
If the fuel intake is less because it produces less power, then it is not more efficient. If the "normal" car requires, say, 20 hp, to...
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russ_watters reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
My guess is that the engine employed a gas mixer, like on an LPG fuelled vehicle, but produced the gas by boiling high octane gasoline...
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russ_watters reacted to digitalghost's post in the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG? with Like.
Boomer here.. I've seen countless claims of incredible fuel mileage claims over the years. Most are hyping and selling some sort of...