iheartmyxj

I have been reading lots of threads about people wanting to improve the mileage of their vehicle and wondered if anyone has tried to make or use one of these it's called a smack booster and is suppose to give you about 5mpg heres a link. http://www.freeenergynews.com/Direct...cksbooster.pdf

rideordie66

I wouldnt put that on my rig. water in the motor is vary bad and Im not convinced that that does anything other than add water to the mix.

iheartmyxj

It makes sense to me hydroxy gas used to be used for welding and in refining and I can see how electrolysis could make it, however some water might escape when off-road but it seems reasonable for highway use.

askingxforxit

Not worth the risk IMO.

wildbill1

You aren't adding liquid water to your engine unless the system malfunctions. I've read a bit about hydrox injection but remain unconvinced with their effectiveness.

In principle, using electrolysis to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen and then introducing the O2 and H into the combustion process makes sense. The hydrogen is highly combustible, especially in the presence of oxygen. I'm just not sure that there's enough O2 and H going into the system to make a substantial difference.

The article clains 1.7l/min. I'm not sure how many CFM a 4.0 is passing at cruising speed, but I'm thinking 1.7l isn't going to go very far. I guess I'll have to calculate the CFM. My thinking is that if this was a viable means to get more power and better fuel economy, the car makers would be all over it.

ETA: Unless I'm thinking wrong, a 4.0 liter engine will displace approximately 8000 liters/minute of air at 2000 rpm. I can't imagine that 1.7 liters/minute will make a noticeable difference. I'd have to see pretty good evidence to change my opinion.

greengoblin

yea i built something like this and it sucked i got worse milage. computer didnt like it

Bladeforger

A friend of mine did this to his old Mercedes, and it's getting lots better mileage. I've been considering it. The science supports the idea, and it's basically a tiny hydrogen fuel generator. I kinda balk at the glass jar part, though. What if it breaks????

SKidder

I think myth busters built one of these gadgets... If they can't get it to work and they say it's busted then there's no way I could build one and make it work.

87seXJ

They do work if you build a good quality unit and have to ability to keep your cpu from freaking out. If you are unable to keep the cpu from thinking you are running lean you can get a few mpg increase. I had one on my ram 1500 with a 4.7L v8 and got about a 4 mpg increase. It just decreases the need for fuel and substitutes the h2o2 gas. However the engine will read it as if it was running lean so I dumps more fuel, which decreases the mpg of a vehicle. Unless you can program the cpu for the fuel curve or override the o2 sensor. Most people do not worry about the computer and just install the unit and either notice no increase or lose fuel economy. I put over 75,000 miles on my truck after the install and had no problems at all, so do not worry about its safety. Also I had an open exhaust with a flowmaster 40 and was able to pass emissions after the install so they do make it run cleaner. Not by much but the do a little.