When you have a good spark with the water on the table top, can you feel a pressure pulse from the spark plug if you were to put your hand within say 1ft/30cm of the plug?

@Geo and anyone with a big V-8 engine to convert

Some years ago when gas prices rose, many mechanics converted their big V-8 engine into V-4's.  This effectively made the engine into half sized V-4.
This was done by removing the intake valve and pinning the lifters up off the camshaft of the cylinders not to be used.  They ran smooth because the fuel mixture was bounced around through the intake manifold and in and out the the cylinders not firing, and finally into a working cylinder to be fired. 

I am thinking this same principal could be applied to the water car project.  Water introduced at the carb would be better mixed with the air in the manifold and unused cylinders, so that by the time it gets to the plasma plug it will be thoroughly mixed into a heavy vapor?

If everything fails, you at least end up with a more economical car to drive.

Tishatang

From a laymans (uneducated) point of view, if using a 4 stroke ICE as a water engine, wouldn't it make more sense to replace the camshaft(s) for one that allowed it to run in a 2 stroke mode?  My feeling is that compression will not help the plasma initiate, and with what looks like a violent explosion anyway it could do with all the spare room possible to soften the blow on the pistons, and also I think the exhaust will need to open pretty quickly before the fog wants to reduce back to liquid, at least if the engine is in a cold state, to avoid it sucking the piston back up before it's got to the end of its stroke (unless someone is smart enough in their calcs to utilize this the their advantage, and get a push-pull out of each stroke).

It would also neatly get around the issue of having an unwanted spark on the 'dead' half of a 4 stroke cycle.  You may find, that in contrast to S1R's experience of a slight loss of power, you actually have a heck of a lot more.  It could sound pretty cool as well.

Yes, lets keep this thread on topic.

I am using Luc's diagram, it is easy to understand. I would appreciate it if others would take notice of how much clearer Luc's diagram is vs Capacitor70's diagram (this is the only diagram from cap70 that I know of http://www.overunity.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3977.0;attach=24661;image). What is Mian? What is +ve? What does the device really look like? What gauge magnet wire? How the hell am I suppose to wrap one coil around a nail and another around that coil? How is this ever suppose to work? What does the rest of the circuit look like? What ignition coil is he using? We need details. The info that is given does not impress me as credibile, please provide info so I can duplicate the work you have done.

I am getting plasma sparks but there is no indication of water having positive influence. There is no burst, there is only a strong spark, like a small lightning bolt.

The only thing that I am doing differently is that I am using wall current instead of an inverter, I have one 95w light bulb on one AC lead, and I have a fuse (2.5a currently) on the positive lead from the rectifier. With the new clean spark plug that I am using, the bulb was needed to keep my fuse from blowing.

Input needed. How can I improve this setup to start getting results like Capacitor70 is getting?

Quote from: wavez on July 12, 2008, 06:29:10 AM
Yes, lets keep this thread on topic.

I am using Luc's diagram, it is easy to understand. I would appreciate it if others would take notice of how much clearer Luc's diagram is vs Capacitor70's diagram (this is the only diagram from cap70 that I know of http://www.overunity.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3977.0;attach=24661;image).

Input needed. How can I improve this setup to start getting results like Capacitor70 is getting?

Go back and read all of the other thread. The diagram you mention is his interpretation of the bogus schemtic S1R9A9M9 released this week..