Run Your Car on Water and save $thousands.

News on cars running on water gains much excitement and hope recently. The term “Water Car”, “HHO Car”, Water for Gas and similar are becoming familiar with claims of up to 60% or more saving on gas are achievable by simply adding water. If these claims are real, motorists could expect extra several hundreds to thousands of dollars cash in their pockets. Advertisements on do-it-yourself manuals and kits costing less than $100 dollars are found everywhere. Let’s investigate the matter to see whether “Running your car on water” is possible right now?, not in a decade or two, and at what cost?.

Water car, HHO car, etc. are simply cars equipped with special devices that turn water into HHO gas, sometimes called Brown’s Gas or Hydroxy. The gas does not actually drive the vehicle, but dramatically increase combustion efficiency. HHO gas is produced by an electrolyzer and is then introduced to the combustion chamber through the intake manifold.

In normal situation, without this HHO gas, combustion is usually poor due to the oversized fuel droplets in the mixture. The efficiency of normal internal combustion engine is very poor and around 75-80% of gasoline converts to pollution and carbon deposit(unburned fuel), heat, vibration and noise- instead of desired motion.

With HHO gas introduced into the chamber, the oversized fuel droplets are splitted or cut into smaller ones by the very tiny Hydrogen, which also attach itself to the finer droplets. The resulting very fine hydrogen-enhanced mixture is burned much more thoroughly. This more complete combustion results in lowered emission and improved mileage. HHO gas is said to be about 3 times more potent than gasoline of equal weight.

Do-It-Yourself conversion manuals are available online for around $50 to $100. The major vendors are Water4Gas.com, RunYourCarwithWater.com, Burn-Water.net and DriveWater.com. Though the manuals do not include parts needed for the system, they usually show you how to make or where to buy the required parts. These parts are normally available quite cheaply at your local hardware store and total cost should be less than $200. You can assemble the system yourself by following the detailed blueprint from the manual which may take you one afternoon during weekend. If you choose to get your mechanic do it for you, it should take him less than an hour. Either way, you can now look forward to smoother ride and great savings on gas!

Written by Car Enthusiast on May 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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Performance Parts and Accessories Take Your Vehicle To The Next Level

I remember going to high school and being the guy without a car. It was tough to watch all the “cool kids” hanging out in the parking lot booming rap music and idling their motors in order to broadcast the message: “Yes, I have a car, I am part of the highest caste, the clique of cliques, the nearly unattainable world of which you will never be a part.”

Whew, how things change! Fast forward to college. Here, if you didn’t have a car, it was a pain as well, but the issue was not about coolness. It was more about practicality, and avoiding the pain of having 15 over laden plastic shopping bags cutting in to your hand as you staggered home from the grocery store. And as you tripped in the crosswalk and your ramen went flying, you thought, “well, at least I’m saving on gas”, and yet you knew this thought was merely something to help you sleep at night….So sad…

But eventually I saved up enough cash and got a set of wheels— not a babe-magnet mind you— but a respectable vehicle nonetheless, and best of all, it actually moved! As time went on I was glad of the convenience that a car brought, but I never really thought about upgrading any of its components, or adding any extra accessories. These seemed like a waste of time to me, and a useless expense—the car was after all, losing value every day.

But then the gas prices started to shoot up in a major way. Across the nation, but particularly in California, motorists watched in disbelief as the prices crossed the three dollar mark then amazingly, the four dollar mark. “This is madness” I thought, but the prices continued to climb. In fact, as of this writing, the lowest grade of gas costs about 4.65 and the rumor is that it will climb further.

All this got me thinking. I was so used to not spending anything on my stock vehicle that I never stopped to consider that there could be items which could increase mpg. Adding a new air filter, or addons to make the car more aerodynamic, were definitely options. A motorist could also change his oil regularly or practice hypermiling, or driving techniques to stretch every drop of gas to its utmost.

I also started to think: “why shouldn’t my car look its best?” So I still wanted to be one of the cool kids. I had come full circle. Luckily, there is a world of mods out there for all types of vehicles, ranging from lift kits to spoilers to exhaust tips to performance chips. A person could easily put in a wealth of modifications that cost more than the value of the vehicle itself!

You can check out a ton of parts like Performance Filters and Performance Exhaust at RidePros.

Written by Car Enthusiast on July 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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