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    Use of Jet fuel in lieu of diesel fuel

    EEJaime: The United States Department of Defense has used military jet fuel (I do not know the specific jp number) for almost 20 years exclusively in all oil burning power plants wheither diesel, oil burning steam boiler or gas turbine in aircraft, ship or land vehicle. During the first...
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    max compreesion water injection

    smokey44211: Look at this page: http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/waterinjection.html Have fun, Russhttp://www.rbracing-rsr.com/waterinjection.html
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    Doppler Radar Sensor

    Morcego: http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=SG7 Russ
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    how to build poor man hybrid kit?

    MKimagin: It has been done. Goto http://www.motherearthnews.com, click on "article archives", search for "July/August 1979". Then click on "An Amazing 75 MPG hybrid Electric Car". Follow the trail to January/February 1980, May/June 1980, September/October 1980, June/July 1993. The plans are...
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    Atkinson cycle valve timing v compression ratio?

    Greg: After looking at the links you posted and a Google search, it looks like the Toyota and Ford do not have pure Atkinson Cycle engines. It looks like either some public relations people or engineers who wanted to put a name on an engine design attached the words "Atkinson Cycle" to a design...
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    Atkinson cycle valve timing v compression ratio?

    Ken: the Atkinson Cycle engines used in the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape Hybrids are true Atkinson Cycle engines in which all four cycles: intake, compression,ignition, exhaust occur in only one crankshaft revolution. See www.keveney.com/Atkinson.html for a simple diagram. For all four cycles to...
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    How should I build the driveline?

    mccheynebeeman: The M151 series of 1/4 ton trucks (jeep) were used by the U.S. military from 1960 until 1985. The 71 Hp gas engine put out 128 lbft of torque at 1800RPM. In first gear (5.712:1) the torque would be 731.136 lbft. The differential gear ratio is 4.86:1 The front suspension is "A"...
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    How should I build the driveline?

    You could look into using differentials from the M151 military quarter ton truck. The M151 had full independent suspension and, since the differentials were interchangeable from front to rear of the vehicle, they have power input flanges on the front and rear. You would not need any fancy...
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    Acetone as a fuel additive

    to rwall: There was a thread on using acetone here about 2 months ago. some members tried to show by the chemistry that acetone would not inprove fuel consumption. other members wrote about the safety issue of putting a flamable liquid in their fuel tank (?). without any comment or...
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