If it were true that half the H + O was going out the tailpipe unburned,
then the same would be true of any fuel/ air mixture burned in any 4-stroke
engine!  Injection, carburetion, direct injection; there's only one stroke
that burns fuel to create power.  Do you understand 4-stroke operation?
Something's not right with your line of thinking there, Chris............

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: Better MPG or snake oil - baking soda voodoo

> I'm interested in how this would affect the combustion process and how
> much
> oxygen/hydrogen would you need to make a difference.
>
> At 3500 rpm our engine, with displacement rounded to 2 liters, pumps 7000
> liters of air per minute.  How much hydrogen would the gizmo add per each
> combustion cycle?  That's fairly easily calculated once you know output of
> the gizmo.  Keep in mind half of the produced H+O goes out the tail pipe
> as
> our 4-strokes fire every other revolution of the crank.  Maybe we need
> direct H+O injection?
>
> Aw.. somebody do it just for fun of it and I promise I'll build those
> belly
> pans I talked about!
>
> Chris.