Running on fumes??

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macadoo1961

macadoo1961

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Seeing as fuel is so costly and on everyones mind I thought I'd throw this link out there and see what you guys think. This car is created by a local guy here in B.C., a freind of ours is involved in the promoting of it. Apparently it goes like stink and yeah its pretty small, but I think the idea is to move forward in the future and use the technology to build more than a two seater. Last I heard they had someone in N.Y. to start production. Let me know what you think?

http://autos.canada.com/news/story.html?id=9e2c490c-3787-457b-a8a1-9b81e57d545e
http://www.autos.canada.com/community/gallery/FuelVapor.html
 
I am trying to work out the science in my head here. Okay, it runs on fuel vapor, gasoline I suppose. Must have some sort of heater to vaporize fuel fast enough for demand. Technically speaking, that would be the utmost in fuel atomization performed by carbs or injectors. I do not know the stochiometric efficiency of the fuel vapor versus current atomization techniques, but I would imagine a 20:1 ratio using fuel vapor would assure more complete and efficient fuel burn. The engine build would have to be based on this (i.e. cam, timing, compression, etc.)

The theory seems sound to me, but I don't know enough to determine whether a much larger vehicle could be effective with this technology, such as converting a V8 in a 3,000 lb. car.
 
some body do the conversion from liters-kilometers to mpg ...from what i an seeing it isnt much better than a motorcycle with out the vapor system, (using the same honda motor )

but i am not sure of the conversion..so i may be way off
 
I've seen that one before, and I'm not sure how much of its economy is actually due to the vapor part and how much is due to minimizing weight and minimizing energy losses. It's tiny, more like a Messerschmidt Kabinnenroller than a Dodge Caliber. It will be interesting to see how it does in the X-Prize contest.
 
it isnt hard to find bikes that get 50 mpg , even with the bigger motors. i dont know which motor they chose to use but in that style chassis i would think 60-70 mpg would be no problem .. especially if being driven purposly for a mileage test, may be even higher
 
I'm not 100% sure but the engine is not actually from a motorcycle, its I believe its a 1500cc Honda car engine with the vapor technology built into it.
 
My wife says that I could power a 747 with a can of baked beans and a rubber hose.
 
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