2006-10-01 20:51:31 · 4 answers · asked by Ste P 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
I need to edit the question thanks to the Einsteins who replied that nothing would happen. I know about how it works...but air supplied to an engine being about 80%nitrogen and the rest being oxygen and other gasses, what would happen if higher concentrations of oxygen were supplied to the engine?
2006-10-01 22:11:27 · update #1
pure oxygen and gas would be like strapping a top fuel supercharger on a geo-maybe not that bad lol but it woul really up the compression and heat terribly-youd go through pistons rings and head gaskets real quick-especially a stock motor-it would be way to much for it-most people dont even relize that the air we breathe is only about 15% or so oxygen-it would have bad effects on a motor thats fer sure-gas would ignite way to fast for the cooling system to work and that much heat would be hard to be lubed too-just an educated guess on my part but ive seen some bad stuff with small fires and oxygen-they get huge fast
2006-10-02 04:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by daniel p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the idea behind using Nitrous, a supercharger, or turbo charger for more power. You are adding more oxygen to the engine so you need more fuel or the mixture will be too lean to burn. Some spectacular engine failures when Nitrous isn't done right. For more info on how it works, see the site.
2006-10-02 23:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by monte 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing,three things are needed to make the explosion in the cylinders, heat ,fuel,combustible gas ie oxygen.the heat is made by compression,the fuel petroleum,,the gas oxygen.
2006-10-02 04:12:15 · answer #3 · answered by SCARFACE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOTHING. In an engine you need three things air, fuel and fire to start it .
2006-10-02 04:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by Astro63 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋