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  1. provelle

    btu's per hp

    Thanks again guys. I've been reading alot on vaporizing gas for fuel mileage and in theory this sounds good. Also there are many patents vaporizing gas suggesting this works. Knowing how inefficent a carburator is and how much fuel is wasted out the exhaust I thought there might be something to...
  2. provelle

    btu's per hp

    Thanks guys for the replys, I see I was a little brief in my question. dcasto answer seems to be based on me using a substained 200 hp (which is how I ask the question) per gallon of gas. This would have most four cylinders and some six cylinders at wot, so I can see why only 12 mpg. franzh...
  3. provelle

    btu's per hp

    Is there a formula for figuring out how many btu's are consumed per horsepower. In other words, gas has 125,000 btu's per gallon, theoretically at 100 percent effiency how far would this take a 3500 vehicle rated at 200 hp. I realize friction among many other varibles come into play, just...

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