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Re:Smokey’s New Hot Vapourizing Engine Creates Heat in Detro... by JohnBooty on Sunday April 16, 2023 @04:33PM (#35594016)
This is all very fascinating, but also very over my head!

I found a post detailing some reasons why this technology never made it to production; apparently such an engine is always running rather close to its limits and could more or less self destruct if there was a small problem with air/fuel ratio and timing.

https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads/smokey-yunicks-hot-vapo...

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Re:Smokey’s New Hot Vapourizing Engine Creates Heat in Detro... by schiffern on Monday April 17, 2023 @01:43AM (#35597198)
Great link, thanks.

Sidenote, I don't know why the forum software makes you hit "See More" to see the whole post. Here are filters for uBlock Origin:

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