• Square Singer@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    The pressure from an exhaust pipe is <0.17 bar or 2.5 PSI.

    My car tires have to be pressurized to 2.3 bar or 33 PSI.

    So what happens is you get a flat tire that smells funny. And if you are doing that in a garage, you’ll probably get carbon monoxide poisoning.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Factor error: 33psi is about a typical car tire pressure. Race bicycles are like 120. Please keep 330 away from rubber

      • Square Singer@feddit.de
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        10 months ago

        Looks like google helpfully stripped away the “.” in 2.3 bar because my locale wants me to use a “,” instead.

        2.3 bar != 330 psi

        But the point still stands. 0.17 bar / 2.5 PSI is not enough to inflate a tire.

  • bestusername@aussie.zone
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    10 months ago

    There’s going to be a limit to how much pressure before stalling and/or damaging the engine, but it would inflate, and as the gases cooled, it would deflate somewhat.

    Exhaust jacks are used in 4x4 recovery, so an engine can lift a car, but they seem pretty limited and dangerous and I’ve only seen one used once in my ~25yrs off road.

    • Xero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Okay hear me out, I know this is funking stupid but what if: We only use a portion of the exhaust and make some sort of system that can feed the gas to when wheels are spinning and monitor the pressure at the same time, then add a lining on the inside of the tires to protect the rubber.