Steam Powered Miata
03-15-2012, 07:05 PM
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Steam Powered Miata
Can it be done?
Use water to cool the charge
Have steam in cylinders
Have steam in exhaust
Steam everywhere.
Is this a win?
Good project.
Use water to cool the charge
Have steam in cylinders
Have steam in exhaust
Steam everywhere.
Is this a win?
Good project.
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03-15-2012, 07:21 PM
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Well no, serious, instead of ONLY using exhaust heat and flow to spin turbo, use it to make steam!
Which could then be used to do other things.
Things like
Steam powered insta-boost
Steam powered combustion chamber cooling
Steam powered hydraulics
Steam powered lighting
Steam adjustable suspension
Or just fill the radiator with it.
Which could then be used to do other things.
Things like
Steam powered insta-boost
Steam powered combustion chamber cooling
Steam powered hydraulics
Steam powered lighting
Steam adjustable suspension
Or just fill the radiator with it.
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03-15-2012, 07:25 PM
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You could even use it to purify water!
Also could be a good theft deterrent, like melt their skin off when they try to take off with the car.
If your pressurizing this steam system you could also use it for the horn. Nothing sounds more scary than when a steamline ruptures.
Also could be a good theft deterrent, like melt their skin off when they try to take off with the car.
If your pressurizing this steam system you could also use it for the horn. Nothing sounds more scary than when a steamline ruptures.
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03-15-2012, 07:34 PM
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A senior design project at Uconn used a smart car (or something similar) and a converted a motorcycle engine to run on steam. It moved... barely, But it was cool. A lot cooler than the senior design I got stuck doing.
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03-15-2012, 08:13 PM
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You could even use it to purify water!
Also could be a good theft deterrent, like melt their skin off when they try to take off with the car.
If your pressurizing this steam system you could also use it for the horn. Nothing sounds more scary than when a steamline ruptures.
Also could be a good theft deterrent, like melt their skin off when they try to take off with the car.
If your pressurizing this steam system you could also use it for the horn. Nothing sounds more scary than when a steamline ruptures.
Yes the steam could be used for all sorts of things
and you can even
put the stored steam into your house
to heat your floors while you are home
YES
I was not being tard
Something like the this
even if you put the water in the turbo
POOSH
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03-16-2012, 01:27 AM
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Dude all you have to do is make an exhaust pipe inside an exhaust pipe and fill it with the watets.
Presto. Full of steam.
You could also put some carrots in there
Presto. Full of steam.
You could also put some carrots in there
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