Convert your Car to Run on Water

Automobile owners and trucking drivers the world over are lamenting the increasing strain petrol prices are imposing on their wallets. The commercial lorry driver realizes an ever-shrinking profit for long hours delivering goods to merchants since the consumer must ultimately put a cap on what they can afford to pay for school clothes for the kiddies.

Modern automobile manufacturers have perfected the "hybrid" vehicle, which switches the engine from fuel-fed combustion operation to battery operated electric automatically when driving conditions are suitable, such as on the open road. Batteries drain relatively quickly under stop-and-go situations, but can recharge under the light-load conditions of highway driving. Not everyone can afford to sell off the old family van to purchase a new hybrid vehicle in today's volatile financial environment, however. Is there any other option? Yes! And it's readily available, affordable and cuts vehicle emissions further than just about any other technology on the market.

The concept of water-assisted petrol burning engines is not new. In fact, it was introduced as a viable alternative to hard-to-get gasoline in the early 1900s. Automobile manufacturers were not encouraged to develop this technology by the government or gasoline producing backers, and thus focused their efforts to build larger, more powerful motors that consumed the earth's precious fossil-fuel reserves in ever-increasing numbers. Since the fuel combustion engine had already been perfected, it made sense to tweak the technology to serve the needs of new drivers rather than to invest in new research to perfect a fuel-alternative concept that had gathered dust since the introduction of Mr. Ford's Model T.

As with the hybrid's marriage of petrol and battery operation to propel the vehicle, the water-assisted engine works in concert with the traditional combustible engine. Many designs are available off the internet that will allow the home mechanic to convert their vehicle using a few parts from the hardware store and little need to bang more than a knuckle or two at most. The basic design is simple:

The system uses a small transformer to draw residual energy from the existing auto battery. Two reservoirs are fitted under the bonnet in the engine compartment. One is filled with distilled water and baking soda, and the other is filled with filtered water.

One short length of vinyl tubing injects air into the distilled water while another transfers the resulting HHO (also known as Brown's Gas) into the filtered water chamber.

Vacuum pressure delivers the resulting steam into the engine's manifold where it is mixed with petrol and burned by the spark plugs.

Many HHO devotees claim that their fuel consumption has increased by as much as 50% and their vehicles run quieter, have more power and emit fewer noxious fumes than before the conversion.

If you think that home workshop installation is beyond your reach, ask your local mechanic whether they would be willing to make the installation for you. They might even offer you a discount rate for the privilege of learning how to make this new technology available for their other clients.

Cars That Run on Water Tip #1

No matter what anybody tells you, there is not yet a water powered car in production. That is an urban myth that reached its peak with Stanley Meyer who claimed that he drove one hundred miles using only four ounces of water (he was later convicted of fraud). The water powered engine hasn't even been invented yet. Scientists are still trying to figure out if it is even possible.

Cars That Run on Water Tip #2

Many major car manufacturers are embracing the idea of the hydrogen car. BMW hopes to release a hydrogen car to the public by 2008 (or 2010 at the latest) and other manufacturers like Toyota are also making plans to release hydrogen car lines. Of course the debate over using hydrogen in cars is still raging and nothing has been settled yet.

Cars That Run on Water Tip #3

While both a water based engine and a hydrogen engine will do wonders for fuel emissions and the environment, one of the major reasons people want them is to improve their fuel mileage. Of course, gas mileage can be improved right now. You can improve your gas mileage drastically just by driving sensibly and making sure your car is maintained properly.