curious if anyone's done the hydrogen mod?

[designit]

Anyone done it or thought of giving it a shot & see what happens?...

 

[99 Expy]

What is the hydrogen mod?

 

[GAINMOB]

it was a thought...seemed to advanced for my talent and i dont have the money to pay for the mod

 

[tonydiv]

Also known as HHO

My cousin was in the business for a while.

You produce hydrogen by passing current through a small water container and then burn the hydrogen in the motor to get better mileage and power.

I've never seen real, documented evidence that it works.

My point has always been that I don't think you can produce a large enough volume of hydrogen to make any difference.

 

[ELVATO]

I would think that whatever current needed to produce enough Hydorgen would be more than the energy you could produce?

 

[walnuts4x4]

a who-da-whatcha-ma-call-it???? lol nope... not me..

 

[KWT2000]

My point has always been that I don't think you can produce a large enough volume of hydrogen to make any difference.

that is the same thing i was thinking... also you are adding a strain the the altenator to keep up with the generator

 

[sgtowing]

Dumb question, but what about a gas cylinder filled with hydrogen that is plumbed in. Is it that expensive to fill them. Just a thought.

 

[designit]

there are some vids on youtube for expy mods & some claim 10mpg with it... Although their mods seem way too involved with the way they set things up...

My neighbor was in the business of fuel cells for a while -- he would likey have more info on the stuff... (although he was working on a complete hydrogen mod... Not a hybred)

My father inlaw had his toyota tundra modded & claimed nice gains (50% or so)... I think he had Jesus (without a green card) insatll it for about $10.00?? It was pretty much baking soda (or something) with water & two probes extending down into a "Kerr" canning jar... What the?

If it's so great, (OR worth the effort), why isn't there a slick aftermarket kit or a specific expy blueprint for building your own... If there is, please point me to it.. I'll give it a rip & post a detailed how-to..

Me?... I have my hands full with needing to get the full 8 plugs and coils changed out to see if that solves my shakes... (I got autolite double platinum APP104 - ADVISE PLS). Anyway, I swear I've never seen a gas gauge drop while looking at it, while driving around town... Must be about 6 or 7 mpg running on less than 8 cylinders is what I have right now... Truely pathetic.

 

[designit]

Dumb question, but what about a gas cylinder filled with hydrogen that is plumbed in. Is it that expensive to fill them. Just a thought.

Where would you go to fill it? My local shell station still wants to push the rejected California gas we get in Oregon from refineries with batches that didn't cut the mustard, down my throat...

 

[sgtowing]

Where would you go to fill it? My local shell station still wants to push the rejected California gas we get in Oregon from refineries with batches that didn't cut the mustard, down my throat...

any local industrial gas supply place. even if you had to buy the cylinder, once you buy it, it should last forever. if you were to get a small cylinder, you should not have to wory about hazmat on your license. the only real questions are how much is the hydrogen itself and how much do you need to run to make a difference. people put NOS bottles in their vehicles all the time with no problems. do you or anybody else know the amount of hydrogen that is actually needed to make this work. I can;t think it is much different than running propane on diesels, and that has been done for a long trime.

 

[tallsville]

came across this site. what do you guys think about this??

http://www.alcoholinjectionsystems.com/index.php

 

[FtLaudBlkGT]

came across this site. what do you guys think about this??

http://www.alcoholinjectionsystems.com/index.php

I have methanol injection in my mustang and it cooled the intake air temps dramatically, I only use it on rare occasions now because I made a custom intercooler setup

 

[tallsville]

is the system worth the money ft?

 

[panda24619]

the only thing i can see food about hydrogen is on a boat. my friend pretty much runs his 454 for free. a little money here and there for something, but it runs pretty much for free.

 

[sgtowing]

came across this site. what do you guys think about this??

http://www.alcoholinjectionsystems.com/index.php

straight methanol sounds ok but i am a bit leary about adding water. since water dosen't burn, to much and i would think you take a chance of hydro locking an engine. the thing i like with the hydrogen is it is a gas.

 

[Rockunlimited2]

I saw it on mythbusters, it failed, did nothing.

 

[FtLaudBlkGT]

I saw it on mythbusters, it failed, did nothing.

I think it would cost more than the actual savings.

 

[sgtowing]

I saw it on mythbusters, it failed, did nothing.

I think it would cost more than the actual savings.

are you refering to the methanol injection or the hydrogen or both

 

[FtLaudBlkGT]

are you refering to the methanol injection or the hydrogen or both

I am referring to hydrogen. Methanol has been coined "Poor Man's Intercooler" it does work, I've never used it in a n/a setting but I ran it on my mustang and it lowered intake temps 100-125 degrees.