Well, one page, at least. I've added some layout drawings, plans for the engine I'm going to use on the pushmower, to test everything out before I start work on the car. I also put a link up to a graduate paper that proves steam engines beat diesels. It is dealing with locomotives, not cars, but its certainly a strong indicator that I'm not completely off-base with my idea.
Further proof, I think, comes from this story about a Florida engineer who has developed something similar. He's supposed to start building lawnmowers soon, and his system is way more complex than what I'm talking about doing (its also a lot more expensive). I also don't think that his system could be retrofitted to existing car designs, which is really what I'm after. The boiler description, however, sounds exactly like that of a Doble, which makes me wonder if he reinvented it, or cribbed from Doble.
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