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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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There are similar videos on the internet of people running tubing into a 1 gallon gas can so basically the engine runs on fumes. I saw a guy with a V-8 dodge drive over 50 miles and he still had plenty of gas in his 1 gallon fuel tank. It can be done and you get great gas mileage, you also have created a firebomb that will engulf your engine bay and probably the entire vehicle the first time all that aerated fuel sparks