Injector"spray"vs.evaporation

[TMatthe at aol.com]

In a message dated 97-09-18 02:53:19 EDT, you write:

I met Smokey Yunick at a seminar at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 88 or so and
asked him about this project; the engine he used was a Mopar 2.2, and the
engine had one fundamental problem- he said that there was no oil that would
last for a satisfactory length of time in operation except for mil-spec jet
engine oil, which he said was $98 a quart at the time. I haven't heard
anything about this project since then.
Tom



 >> A number of years ago, I read about a "Hot Vapor" engine
>  >> that Smokey Yunick designed and developed with the intent of selling to

> the
>  >> auto companies (none of them bit though - pity).  This system ran the
>  >> air/fuel mixture through a manifold that circulated the engine water 
> around
>  >> the charge and then passed the charge to another manifold that the 
> exhaust
>  >> system ran around (can you say _dangerous_ here) and then dumped the 
> charge
>  >> into the cylinders though a carb.  The mixture was around 400 to 500 
> degrees
>  >> F when entered into the chamber and fully atomized.  He was getting (if

> my
>  >> feeble memory serves me correctly) about (150 HP and 50 mpg)
>  >
>  >( three-cylinder sprint engine.)
>  >
>  >is there any thing in print of how he did this??
>  >
>  Obviousy, he didn't.  They hadn't even invented the Suziki/Geo engine 
>  when Smokey was tinkering with his "hot vapor engine".  I have no idea 
>  what engine he was using, it was 'bout 20 years befor the Geo engine was 
>  invented.
>  
>  Brian