The BIOS WaterCar Project
Using Water For Fuel
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BIOS WaterCar: 2010 System 1 Review Volunteers & Sponsors Welcome! Our goal is to raise $7000 in cash or services within the next 30 days in exchange for advertising in the 2012 season
We had the head of the alternative fuel dept. at Gateway Community College install the hardware, it took him 6 hours. The wiring was completed by an electro-mechanical engineer over a 3 day period with many trips back and forth to the auto and hardware stores. We drove this unit for 7000 miles from Connecticut, to Florida, to California to Oregon. We were not able to get the unit to perform at all. Our mileage ranged between 15.4 - 17.5. We were interviewed on TV by ABC and NBC as well as CNN radio, and continuously reported that it was not working and the manufacturer would not return a call. In Oklahoma, 2 weeks into the trip we received a return call, in which we got yelled at. We hung up and didn't look back. In Oregon we replaced the unit.
In the manufacturers defense, he was moving into a new facility. My gut feeling was that we were driving a black car in 100 degree weather. Regardless of the fact that the unit does run cool, the temperature under the hood had to be over 212 degrees. We measured the gas output in Prescott Valley, AZ and it was just under 2 liters per minute, and it was a low grade gas. Most likely the result of the water turning to steam and diluting the gas. We were also instructed to cut a hole in the top of the air filter and let the gas mist into the carburetor, this was problematic at best. Bob Volk from Transitional Technologies did donate the unit for the trip, so we must thank him for his effort and hopefully we can get the unit to work in the future. It appears extreme heat is an issue for all systems without a cooling system.
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