Pneumatic Engine Go Kart
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Pneumatic Engine Go Kart
I had this at the top of my mind for a while. I want to do something cheap, make an efficient pneumatic engine for a go kart, then run it on an drag strip 1/8 mile.
The ways I've seen them
2 Stroke
Remove the spark plug and add a hose in place for the spark plug
4 Stroke
Take the cams out, then add a lobe to the opposite side of the factory lobe. so it so from Suck Squeeze Bang Blow, now it has Suck and Blow. Inject air into the intake manifold
Rotary
What I'm thinking is to take out the two spark plugs put an hose to connect the two together
Now bring on the critics
The ways I've seen them
2 Stroke
Remove the spark plug and add a hose in place for the spark plug
4 Stroke
Take the cams out, then add a lobe to the opposite side of the factory lobe. so it so from Suck Squeeze Bang Blow, now it has Suck and Blow. Inject air into the intake manifold
Rotary
What I'm thinking is to take out the two spark plugs put an hose to connect the two together
Now bring on the critics
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I hate the drag strip but i think it would be fun to experiment and Internal combustion engines are inefficient.
a ITC engine uses 25% of gas to just move the vehicle/occupants, so a typical car weights 3200lbs/ a 180lbs driver= 17.77. 25%/17.77%= 4.44% of the gas moves just you, so you waste 95.56% of gas
But here is a place supposedly you can do 20,000 miles on $10 of air with a 15% increase in power
http://www.air4zero.com/
And according to the Department Of Energy 60%-62% of Gasoline Energy goes to heating Useless parts so yes Internal Combustion Engines are Efficient
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml
a ITC engine uses 25% of gas to just move the vehicle/occupants, so a typical car weights 3200lbs/ a 180lbs driver= 17.77. 25%/17.77%= 4.44% of the gas moves just you, so you waste 95.56% of gas
But here is a place supposedly you can do 20,000 miles on $10 of air with a 15% increase in power
http://www.air4zero.com/
And according to the Department Of Energy 60%-62% of Gasoline Energy goes to heating Useless parts so yes Internal Combustion Engines are Efficient
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml
Last edited by 1993ka24det; 11-14-2011 at 03:06 PM.
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I suppose a bit of simple math would probably yield more concrete data, but I'm fairly intoxicated just at the moment. For purposes of comparison, the air tank on my paintball marker holds 68ci of air at 4500 PSI, and that only lasts me for a few hundred rounds. I can't imagine that tank propelling a combined 300-350 lbs worth of cart and rider more than about 50 feet from a stop.
But here is a place supposedly you can do 20,000 miles on $10 of air with a 15% increase in power
http://www.air4zero.com/
http://www.air4zero.com/
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