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I was rabbitholeing physics videos and came across vacuum boiling water. Could we safely vacuum boil gasoline, I wonder?

They say that the fuel "atomized" when it is injected into the cylinder but that is obviously a misnomer, as it's more like misted, like a windex shot. "Molecularized" would be more proper but the fuel is still in liquid form anyway so whatever.

I'm sure gasoline fume is what actually burns so just pumping that into the engine instead of liquid would drop the consumption without losing horsepower, I think.

Sounds dangerous but with the right measures in place I think it could work, maybe with a carburetor instead of direct injection.

Thoughts?

I was rabbitholeing physics videos and came across vacuum boiling water. Could we safely vacuum boil gasoline, I wonder? They say that the fuel "atomized" when it is injected into the cylinder but that is obviously a misnomer, as it's more like misted, like a windex shot. "Molecularized" would be more proper but the fuel is still in liquid form anyway so whatever. I'm sure gasoline fume is what actually burns so just pumping that into the engine instead of liquid would drop the consumption without losing horsepower, I think. Sounds dangerous but with the right measures in place I think it could work, maybe with a carburetor instead of direct injection. Thoughts?

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[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

Seriously though, See this: Reid vapor pressure - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_vapor_pressure

Atomized gasoline from a carburetor rapidly vaporizes

It is essentially already "vacuum boiling"

So you're not really super-retarded or anything, it just seemed like you were asking for it

This is how we learn. Read a bit, assume we understand, stick our necks out, get mocked and feel shame about it, and then commit the experience to memory :)

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Fuck it, I'll see what I can do. There are worse ways to leave this mortal plane.