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Subject:Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:02:49 -0600

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:
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> In a message dated 1/30/2011 10:28:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> mcneely4@COX.NET writes:
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> 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
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> 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

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David McNeely