Ridiculous question
#1
Ridiculous question
Okay so we fogged 100% pure oxygen into a lawnmower and it pushed the Rpms up higher than it would normally rev to. Now the air we breath and the air our cars run on typically has around 28% oxygen. I did this at my old work with guys that were into racing back in the days. They said it's an old racing thing or something. My question is does it work? Now I don't want to do that to my car but I wanna know if it's a true performance gain or if it would mess up our a/f ratios and our engines. I'm not sure this is crazy and I figured all of you were the people to ask.
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Yes it will lean your afr's and can give a boost in power. It's a similar principle to using nitrous (to an extent). It adds dense, cold oxygenated air into the air stream, and when mixed with additional fuel, will result in a power increase.
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Pure oxygen burns far too aggressively for useful applications in automotive engines.
Outside air is about 18% O2
Nitrous Oxide, N2O, is 33% O2
The remaining Nitrogen atoms act as a buffer to prevent too rapid of a burn and the pre-ignition you would suffer as a result.
A nitrous kit can add far more horsepower than the engines components can handle using 33% oxygen in the air and the required additional fuel. Pure O2 would be unnecessary and dangerous.
Outside air is about 18% O2
Nitrous Oxide, N2O, is 33% O2
The remaining Nitrogen atoms act as a buffer to prevent too rapid of a burn and the pre-ignition you would suffer as a result.
A nitrous kit can add far more horsepower than the engines components can handle using 33% oxygen in the air and the required additional fuel. Pure O2 would be unnecessary and dangerous.
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Pure oxygen burns far too aggressively for useful applications in automotive engines. Outside air is about 18% O2 Nitrous Oxide, N2O, is 33% O2 The remaining Nitrogen atoms act as a buffer to prevent too rapid of a burn and the pre-ignition you would suffer as a result. A nitrous kit can add far more horsepower than the engines components can handle using 33% oxygen in the air and the required additional fuel. Pure O2 would be unnecessary and dangerous.
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