Oil Prices Jump from 50 to $100 / barrel

[1QUICK4]

Originally Posted by Andrew7dg

on a movie theater preview the other day, they had a commercial for a honda that put out water vapor.

Smokey Yunick had a water vapor motor in the 60's but the big 3 made sure it wouldn't see the light of day in a production vehicle.

If companies wanted something besides petrol burning cars to sell they would already be making them.

[gofastman]

Originally Posted by 1QUICK4

If companies wanted something besides petrol burning cars to sell they would already be making them.

so true.

[Shotgun!]

Originally Posted by 1QUICK4

Smokey Yunick had a water vapor motor in the 60's but the big 3 made sure it wouldn't see the light of day in a production vehicle.

If companies wanted something besides petrol burning cars to sell they would already be making them.

Holy crap! I didn't think anyone here would know about the subject. Smokey also had a pair of 3 cyl. reverse turbo engines. They were good for 45mpg and made 300hp. I might be off with that mileage but I know they were 300hp. There were also evaporative carbs that can make a full size Cadillac get 75mpg. The evaporative carb had been in use since the 1920s. Every time someone goes to patent something on the subject, Exxon or one of the others buys it and locks it away.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Originally Posted by 1QUICK4

Smokey Yunick had a water vapor motor in the 60's but the big 3 made sure it wouldn't see the light of day in a production vehicle.

If companies wanted something besides petrol burning cars to sell they would already be making them.

Is that the guy that made the Fiero that used exhaust gas to warm up the fuel before going into the carbs? I heard that thing got 50-60 mpg too.