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ok, this is too good to be true
do you remember when we were growing up there was an urban myth about a carburator that would get you 50 miles per gallon?
well there was and there it is in the article
anyone that knows anything about cars and fuel aspiration will get a real kick out of that article because we've been taught that the cooler the induction charge the more power.
this SEEMS counter intuitive because you would think you would want the fuel temperature as close to ignition temperature as possible, however with a cooler charge you get a denser charge and thus more fuel per charge, more power....the problem with that principle is the obvious waste of fuel
often opposite principles will work and neither is wrong, one might be better but neither is wrong
that principle of cooling the charge is one of those "opposite principles both work", there is an oposite principle where heating the charge will get more efficiency and thus more power
supposedly both principles work, what is amazing though is heating the charge not only gets you more horsepower but it also increases fuel efficicency and therefore fuel economy
if te story in that link is true, and I have no reason to believe it's not true, then it is amazing that engine is not being produced today
do you remember when we were growing up there was an urban myth about a carburator that would get you 50 miles per gallon?
well there was and there it is in the article
anyone that knows anything about cars and fuel aspiration will get a real kick out of that article because we've been taught that the cooler the induction charge the more power.
this SEEMS counter intuitive because you would think you would want the fuel temperature as close to ignition temperature as possible, however with a cooler charge you get a denser charge and thus more fuel per charge, more power....the problem with that principle is the obvious waste of fuel
often opposite principles will work and neither is wrong, one might be better but neither is wrong
that principle of cooling the charge is one of those "opposite principles both work", there is an oposite principle where heating the charge will get more efficiency and thus more power
supposedly both principles work, what is amazing though is heating the charge not only gets you more horsepower but it also increases fuel efficicency and therefore fuel economy
if te story in that link is true, and I have no reason to believe it's not true, then it is amazing that engine is not being produced today
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