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Huklebuk

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An act of desperation
« on: May 21, 2008, 09:08:35 PM »
Ok.  So I saw a video about a guy who used water to run a car.  Me being the ever curious guy I am, decided to do a little research and see what the fuss is about.  Seemed logical to me, and I'm tired of getting fisted everytime I filled up with gas.  So this little water fuel contraption claims to give 25% at least increase in fuel economy.  At 12 miles to the gallon thats going to save me some coin.  So I did the absolute dumbest thing and went ahead and ordered the plans.  Seems simple enough, I have most of the shit laying around.  The real question will be what happens when I build this thing.  Will I smoke the motor?  Or will I seriously injure myself?  This little project will be done this weekend.  I have a mpg meter on the truck so I will be able to tell in a short amount of time if this thing works.  Probably be able to tell it doesn't work when the fucking motor sends pistons through the hood and I'm really fucked.  So, am I  :screwy: for trying this out?  This is a true act of desperation, due to the fact that to go to the lake for a weekend is running me about 250 bones for fuel alone, not to mention driving during the week.
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OC2Vegas

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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2008, 09:59:55 PM »
ok...I saw this thing online also but would never even try it on one of my cars! But I wouldnt mind someone i know potentially emplodding there motors!

I would consider a few things before installing:

1. How new is the car/truck?
2. Is it still under warranty?
3. Do you have the skills and or money to repair anything/everything that goes wrong?

But please let us all know if it works! Gas is F'in killing me!
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2008, 10:21:20 PM »
I think it's not a good idea,but then,what the hell......I got 2 seater waverunner to ride so I dont have to use the boat as much,cuz...DAMN....I cant afford a 3day weekend in a BBC jet boat anymore!  :banghead:  :mad:  :banghead:  :mad:  :screwy:  :screwy:  :screwy:
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2008, 10:23:01 PM »
I think it's not a good idea,but then,what the hell......I got 2 seater waverunner to ride so I dont have to use the boat as much,cuz...DAMN....I cant afford a 3day weekend in a BBC jet boat anymore!  :banghead:  :mad:  :banghead:  :mad:  :screwy:  :screwy:  :screwy:
  BUT that doesnt mean I got rid of the boat tho!  >:D  just wanted you guy's to know!  8)
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2008, 10:37:48 PM »
A friend of mine saw that on line and thought he would run a little test. He took a jug of water, some baking soda, 2 stanless rods and hooked it up to a battery charger. Let it run for a minite, stuck a lighter over the water and got a flash as the hydrogen burned. This was a very small scale experament, but at the same time pretty cool. He showed it to us last week.
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2008, 05:42:13 AM »
hucklebuk and bonnie, do you have links to the ideas above please i spend no kiddin and if anybody laughs,   one hundred at least a day in gas aprox  3500.00 a month and that is just my chevrolet :banghead: :screwy: :screwy:
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2008, 05:49:05 AM »
hucklebuk and bonnie, do you have links to the ideas above please i spend no kiddin and if anybody laughs,   one hundred at least a day in gas aprox  3500.00 a month and that is just my chevrolet :banghead: :screwy: :screwy:

Sounds like you need to buy something a little smaller..... like a Honda Kick-N-Go  >:D   ;D
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2008, 01:27:29 PM »
hucklebuk and bonnie, do you have links to the ideas above please i spend no kiddin and if anybody laughs,   one hundred at least a day in gas aprox  3500.00 a month and that is just my chevrolet :banghead: :screwy: :screwy:

you drive to "F'in" much! :screwy:
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Huklebuk

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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2008, 03:11:06 PM »
Just do a search on the internet for hydrogen generator.  You should come up with all kinds of ideas.  I don't know the exact website I went to I was bouncing around alot.  Although I just talked to a friend of mine back home and I mentioned this little project.  He said his mechanic talked to him about installing a similar system for 1200.  Said he could take his civic up to 60 mpg.  I'm gaining some confidence here.  I will keep you posted, see how things turn out.  And gee OC, thanks for the vote of confidence.  But to answer your questions, no its not under warranty, and I have an emergency stash (the u.s. government's dime) for repairs should something go catastrophically wrong.
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2008, 03:17:00 PM »
hucklebuk and bonnie, do you have links to the ideas above please i spend no kiddin and if anybody laughs,   one hundred at least a day in gas aprox  3500.00 a month and that is just my chevrolet :banghead: :screwy: :screwy:

Damn, and I thought I drove alot!  :o
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2008, 09:35:57 PM »
And gee OC, thanks for the vote of confidence.  But to answer your questions, no its not under warranty, and I have an emergency stash (the u.s. government's dime) for repairs should something go catastrophically wrong.

I just think its one of those things your friend does to his car and we all sit around drinking when he fires it up for the first time and one of his pistons ends up on the roof of the house....come on that would just be funny as hell! ;D

All of my cars are still under warranty except my 350Z which is an '03 that only has 35,000 miles on it(play toy) and I wouldnt do it to those.  Although my friend has a '99 corolla with 120k+ miles that I wouldnt mind talking him into doing this to.

Let me know how it goes, This is one of those things I want to see on mythbusters! ;D
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2008, 09:05:24 AM »
i picked up a DRZ400s dual sport dirtbike. i get 55 miles to the gallon and i can take it on the trials as well as the road. i now spend 8 dollars a week in gas cost.

i do have a bbc jet boat, a 34 foot diesel rv, a 83 k5 diesel blaser, and a huge f350 diesel on 38 inch tires. so if i take any of those out it throws my gas budget right thru the roof. but my garage looks cool..hahaha
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2008, 10:32:28 AM »
Just convert to propane< $2.15/gallon, 105 octane, easy to store, and not as hard to buy as you might think.
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2008, 12:19:45 PM »
Just convert to propane< $2.15/gallon, 105 octane, easy to store, and not as hard to buy as you might think.

Can it work in a jet boat?
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2008, 12:20:47 PM »
I just refilled my propain for my BBQ and it was 3.99 gallon.
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2008, 12:24:06 PM »
I just refilled my propain for my BBQ and it was 3.99 gallon.
Not good , but still alittle cheaper than most gas stations . Last time I filled a propane cylinder up , it cost $12 .

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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2008, 07:35:28 AM »
$2.14 / gallon at San Jose Airport yesterday.
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2008, 08:07:10 AM »
It normally doesn't cost me that much but I needed a cylinder filled so I went to a local Shell station that could do it.  :screwy:
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2008, 08:57:58 AM »
Out of desperation comes "innovation" Dont discount these inventions and ideas because these are truly the times when people come up with great ideas !

By the way Fox just did a story on the literal Billions of oil (on and off shore) and oil shale in Colorado wyoming and Montana yet untapped in the Us ,isnt it about time to start going after it  WTF is wrong with these phukin bleeding hearts Remember how to vote !
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2008, 11:29:27 AM »
I just watched a bad asssed video on the net about using water for power. It was a 2 1/2 minute clip of a Fox News Special. Bad asssed! This guy made a torch that was purely powered by water, yes flames were coming out of the torch tip.  :o  The guy demo'd cutting brick, lead, metal, etc... and then driving to work one day  :banghead:  he figured out he might be able to power his Escort with water. Cha ching! It's a done deal now, he drives his car to work in a gasoline/water powered hybrid. He's currently in talks with the US military, a american auto manufacturer, and has been invited to Congress to show a  demo of his contraption. The military is wanting him to modify a Hummer to run on gasoline or water (I thought military Hummer's were diesels?).


The funny thing is this guy can figure out how to power a torch and a car with water and I can't figure out how to copy and paiste a link to the Windows Media file that shows the vid. LMFAO.  :D
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Huklebuk

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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2008, 06:59:12 PM »
Almost done with the construction, should be testing wed or thurs.  And our hummers run on gas.
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2008, 08:17:09 PM »
Cha ching! It's a done deal now, he drives his car to work in a gasoline/water powered hybrid. He's currently in talks with the US military, a american auto manufacturer, and has been invited to Congress to show a  demo of his contraption.

I'll bet money that he'll never be heard from again .  :sly:

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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #22 on: May 28, 2008, 12:16:08 PM »
I would liove to hear the outcome of your experiment, mine didnt go all so well. i tried a fuel/water hybrid in my BBF jet boat....

How do you think i got the name "Rodbender" ;D
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2008, 10:16:50 AM »
Allright, the first prototype was built and tested as shown in the pics.  After hooking everything up and giving it a test run, about two minutes of idle time, the idle on my expy smoothed a bit, not a whole lot but a noticable change.  However, due to lack of quality materials ( stainless steel line is the most important) i got heavy corrosion on the electrode lines, as expected, which I was hoping for to show that it was doing what it was supposed to do.  So I consider this stage 1 of testing a success, and am looking to build another prototype.  So if anyone has some scrap stainless steel laying around, I could really use it. 
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Re: An act of desperation
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2008, 10:22:57 AM »
I would liove to hear the outcome of your experiment, mine didnt go all so well. i tried a fuel/water hybrid in my BBF jet boat....

How do you think i got the name "Rodbender" ;D


In my reading and understanding of what goes on, two things might have caused this.  1.  Due to an excessive enrichment of the fuel/air mix, the timing was not retarded enough to allow for proper ignition.  For example, if you were set at 8 deg before top dead center, and the plug fired, the resultant explosion what be faster, actually trying to drive the piston down on the up stroke, thereby causing a bent or broken rod.  2. You possibly didnt run a leaner amount of fuel, which would do the same thing.  Thats sort of the point of this, if your running leaner, but getting the same results, viola, better fuel economy.  So let the experimentation continue!
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