Sounds like it might actually be close to fruition.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_bi_ge/tailpipe_power_2
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Aug. 10, 2008 9:32 p.m. dyintorace Reader
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Aug. 10, 2008 9:37 p.m. skruffy Dork
Well, turning exhaust gasses into less gas mileage is easy enough...
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Aug. 10, 2008 9:52 p.m. atlantamx3 Dork
All I can think of is the hand-drawn picture of the guy routing his exhaust back into his intake manifold.
Epic fail if there ever was one... LOL
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Aug. 10, 2008 10:00 p.m. QuasiMondo New Reader
Don't they know that for the perfect balance of performance and efficiency, all you have to do is take energy from exhaust and recycle it?
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Aug. 10, 2008 10:50 p.m. rwdsport New Reader
Lets use the exhaust gases to add 100whp (via turbo) or to get 3mpg more. Hmm...
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Aug. 10, 2008 11:31 p.m. gamby SuperDork
atlantamx3 wrote:
All I can think of is the hand-drawn picture of the guy routing his exhaust back into his intake manifold.
Epic fail if there ever was one... LOL
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Aug. 10, 2008 11:54 p.m. neon4891 Dork
back to the entire "harness waste heat for electricity". I guess it would work well in a hybrid, if those produce enough heat from the engine in the first place
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Aug. 11, 2008 5:33 a.m. Jay HalfDork
My two cars were built almost twenty years ago, and they both turn their exhaust into more power. In fact some cars have been doing this since the '30s and '40s.
J
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Aug. 11, 2008 6:45 a.m. ignorant SuperDork
making power from exhaust bought my house
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Aug. 11, 2008 7:19 a.m. cwh Dork
Wouldn't a turbo/ generator system work better? I'm not much of a scientist, but that really would be using waste energy.
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Aug. 11, 2008 10:06 a.m. jikelly New Reader
Pretty cool idea anyway. Reminds me of the sterling engine. That's an invention that I'm surprised is not currently applied to anything.
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Aug. 11, 2008 10:21 a.m. ignorant SuperDork
jikelly wrote: That's an invention that I'm surprised is not currently applied to anything.
seen a bunch operating in a secret lab of a company that i wasn't supposed to be at..
complex and inefficent as of yet. propsed for many devices but making little headway.
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Aug. 11, 2008 3:20 p.m. Wally SuperDork
Did you see my uncle there? He's been missing since his 100 mpg carb was in Popular Mechanics
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Aug. 11, 2008 3:29 p.m. iceracer New Reader
And now the government is killing off the guys working on the water/hydrogen things, So they have to be very secretive.
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Aug. 11, 2008 4:30 p.m. DirtyBird222 Reader
My name is Dale Gribble........
I mean Rusty Shacklefurt. Conspiracy Radio 24/7..discuss...
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Aug. 11, 2008 4:33 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
Wally wrote:
Did you see my uncle there? He's been missing since his 100 mpg carb was in Popular Mechanics
yeah. give you a hint.
segway.
