Fuel saving device. Scam or real?
06-24-2009, 09:37 PM
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To cut my mileage by 60 to 100%, should I instal 2 of them parallel or serial?
I mean, if 1 is good, then 2 should be.....
I vote Snake Oil! When I clicked on the link that said "Test Results -->" what I got was a page of customer testimonials.
Honestly, there are too many variables to tell much of anything about gas mileage over a couple of tanks of gas. The last tank in my Targa, I got about 19.2 mpg. With this current tank, I'm running about 18.1 mpg according to the car's computer. I'm driving the same old routes I always take. More red lights? More head winds? The fact that the average ambient air temp is over 100* F and about 15* higher than on the last tank? Who knows.
Saving my cash on this one...think I'll buy a CD and listen to The Eagles instead and not fret over my mpgs.
YMMV
I mean, if 1 is good, then 2 should be.....I vote Snake Oil! When I clicked on the link that said "Test Results -->" what I got was a page of customer testimonials.
Honestly, there are too many variables to tell much of anything about gas mileage over a couple of tanks of gas. The last tank in my Targa, I got about 19.2 mpg. With this current tank, I'm running about 18.1 mpg according to the car's computer. I'm driving the same old routes I always take. More red lights? More head winds? The fact that the average ambient air temp is over 100* F and about 15* higher than on the last tank? Who knows.
Saving my cash on this one...think I'll buy a CD and listen to The Eagles instead and not fret over my mpgs.
YMMV
06-24-2009, 10:00 PM
#18
in for 4.....
it sounds like he may have eased up on the pedal a bit. I think that those numbers are on the higher side of the epa estimates.
I bet after installing it, he didn't drive as hard and fast as he used to, who knows.
it sounds like he may have eased up on the pedal a bit. I think that those numbers are on the higher side of the epa estimates.
I bet after installing it, he didn't drive as hard and fast as he used to, who knows.
06-24-2009, 11:45 PM
#21
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Complete bull. Any gain he has seen is because he's now conscious about his fuel usage so that he has driven in a style more appropriate for fuel savings.
Any time you see garbage like this the first question you have to ask yourself is: "If it provides suchprofound gains and is so cheap to install, why hasn't every car manufacturer jumped all over it and bought the rights to the tech for billions of dollars?"
The answer is always "Because it's nonsense." Just put in a flood of technical jargon that makes it seem like there's science behind it and every shill will fall for it. They should really enact a law that requires all "fuel saver" modifications to be EPA tested and approved.
Any time you see garbage like this the first question you have to ask yourself is: "If it provides suchprofound gains and is so cheap to install, why hasn't every car manufacturer jumped all over it and bought the rights to the tech for billions of dollars?"
The answer is always "Because it's nonsense." Just put in a flood of technical jargon that makes it seem like there's science behind it and every shill will fall for it. They should really enact a law that requires all "fuel saver" modifications to be EPA tested and approved.
06-25-2009, 12:39 PM
#23
Drifting
Personally I would first go out and buy an oxygen generator, an inverter to run it, turn it up to HIGH output and pipe the output into the intake just upstream from the MAF/IAT.
Raise the intake oxygen content above the normal.....
Raise the intake oxygen content above the normal.....
