Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Efficiency in a KLR?

I have toyed with a couple ideas lately with regard to farkles. I obviously am pursuing some of the most common and popular mods as I have previously listed as well as a few to come. What I have not mentioned is one of my more way out there ideas. Some of you may have heard of the idea of using Brown gas aka hydrogen gas created from electricity passing through water to improve internal combustion engine efficiency. I recently popped into a few sites and watched a youtube video of people’s attempts at this contraption. There is some debate as to its effectiveness but I am sold on the idea and believe it to be a noble idea and one worth pursuing.

Now I am not really concerned with the improved fuel mileage it provides (Claims of 30% or more is nice though) but more the improved burn resulting in more power and a smoother running engine...also the fun of designing and testing this. Carbureted gas engines apparently can gain even more than modern sensor based engines from this booster.

Besides the goal of installing a semi powerful booster safely I would also want to make sure it blends well with the bike but still be easy to refill with distilled water as needed. This might require some adaptation of designs and materials as well as mounting methods and gas injection procedures. Other considerations are a power cutoff when the bike is powered off\tipped over.

Interesting site reading with detailed designs http://www.free-energy-info.co.uk/Chapt10.html It seems to address a lot of the safety issues with the booster designs though some of the other ideas listed on the site seem a bit farfetched.

I have also come across the Traction Control Breaking Unit as seen http://www.tcbbrakesystems.com/ and just like the above Hydrogen injector its reputation is still under question as the simplicity of items like these seem unlikely to most. We find ourselves asking question like:

"If it can really help that much, why does the automotive industry not already implement them?" Or "It can’t be true since things like improving engine efficiency and braking performance and traction are highly technical and would not benefit from such low tech items."

Some studies indicate otherwise but with such an ingrained fear by American consumers of being swindled, even the most well implemented test results will come under fire.

I am curious to see how things turn out with promising tech like these.

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