FUEL VAPORIZATION, DOUBLES MILEAGE

[dirt diggler]

Ok, here's what I did.
My brother and I were looking at ways to increase mileage because of the high cost of fuel.

We ran across a you tube vid of a guy running a generator on fuel vapor, by sucking the inducton air through liquid fuel, then to the carb.
We did the same thing, using an 11HP, briggs & stratton, riding lawnmower.  Here's what we did:

Disconnected the fuel line from the carb, and drained the tank, left line off carb.

Removed fuel drain from carb float bowl, draining the fuel, and left the screw out.

Removed air cleaner assembly from carb.

Connected an air hose from the carb to a coffee container lid.

Connected small hoses from the lid down to the bottom of the coffee container.

Filled the container half way with gas, and put the lid on.

Started the motor, which ran perfect.

The total time invested at this point was 15 minutes.  We ran the motor for 15 minutes with a known quantity of gas, at half throttle, then measured how much it burned, then hooked it up normally and ran it again for 15 minutes.

THE ENGINE BURNED TWICE AS MUCH.

We measured exhaust temps, and it tested normal.
This test engine runs very nice on the vapor, probably better than stock.
Our next test will be on a V8 engine, hopefully this week.
I have pics to post, and will try a vid as well, but I'm at work, and all that stuff is at home.

ciao,   Dirt

[helmut]

Hi Dirt

Good Job   great idea  and easy to understand.

helmut

[therealrasta]

@ Dirt

Damn.. Nice trick.. Seems like it would work with any ICE with a carb.. You might not have as much pick-up when your 4 barrel carb tries to dump massive amounts of gas into that v8.. Is it a 350 chevy?

[dirt diggler]

@ Dirt

Damn.. Nice trick.. Seems like it would work with any ICE with a carb.. You might not have as much pick-up when your 4 barrel carb tries to dump massive amounts of gas into that v8.. Is it a 350 chevy?

hey Rasta,

We are working on a solution for the acceleraion of the larger engine,  and with our new ideas, we think we got it covered.
The first engine is a 302 ford, with a 4 barrel edelbrock, the second one is a 350 with throttle body injection.
I think the only difference will be tricking the computer, so the engine light won't turn on.

There are reports of a guy in France that is flying his helicopter with a similar system.

We are really excited about this, cause even our first crude attempt burned half the fuel.
This could be the answer to reducing our dependance on big oil.

ciao,   Dirt

[therealrasta]

@ Dirt

Thats awesome.. If this works.. We should give every ICE developer a swift kick in the nuts! I mean they got the time and all the engineers.. Hoping this works out for ya.. It has me thinking!

Edit -- if you increase the air flow.. It might take care of that acceleration issue... hmm