Increasing MPG...
Originally Posted by mavtais
anyone try turbonator?
http://www.turbonator.com/
For $70 doesn't seem that bad, but it's principle is sooo simple.
I'm trying to get my homie with a lexus IS300 to try it first.
http://www.turbonator.com/
For $70 doesn't seem that bad, but it's principle is sooo simple.
I'm trying to get my homie with a lexus IS300 to try it first.
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Originally Posted by kcobean
I love how they tell you "how" this thing works without actually telling you how it works. How exactly do you break down a hydrocarbon molecule, and what exactly is "vapor pressure" in a line filled with fluid? The fuel IS a liquid passing through this thing, so unless the fuel is being heated to the point that it's vaporizing in the lines, I don't understand how it works, and they obviously don't want you to know.
Anyway, as I stated above, this sounds exactly like the thing that was on our Montero....didn't make a lick of difference. I'm such a skeptic on these things because again, if it was such a great invention, why aren't the manufacturers using them to raise the advertised MPG ratings of their vehicles?
Anyway, as I stated above, this sounds exactly like the thing that was on our Montero....didn't make a lick of difference. I'm such a skeptic on these things because again, if it was such a great invention, why aren't the manufacturers using them to raise the advertised MPG ratings of their vehicles?
Hmm.. I have the same results as R&T like OHW and Michael Knight have suggested. before, I consistently (tank after tank after tank) got under 21 mpg (20.sumthin) with 25 average mph. This is my first tank trying this, but shifting like an automatic, I am able to get 22.0 mpg over 147 miles of city and residential driving with the same 25 average mph. That means almost 40 more miles of driving per gas tank!
"Shifting like an automatic" means:
1. whenever you reach your cruising speed, get into the gear that will put your motor @ 1,500 rpm (I heard trying to accelerate from too low of an rpm is bad; that's why you cruise)
2. when coming to a stop, stay in gear, when the rpm gets close to 1,000 rpm, down shift skipping a gear (6th to 4th @ 30 mph) then 1 more gear if I feel like it (4th to 3rd @ 17 mph) finally into neutral (3rd to N @ under 15 mph)
From my thorough experiment so far, it looks like R&T, OHW, and Michael Knight were right. "The momentum of the car keeps the engine from stalling" appears to be a true statement. The valves do indeed close (using no fuel)
"Shifting like an automatic" means:
1. whenever you reach your cruising speed, get into the gear that will put your motor @ 1,500 rpm (I heard trying to accelerate from too low of an rpm is bad; that's why you cruise)
2. when coming to a stop, stay in gear, when the rpm gets close to 1,000 rpm, down shift skipping a gear (6th to 4th @ 30 mph) then 1 more gear if I feel like it (4th to 3rd @ 17 mph) finally into neutral (3rd to N @ under 15 mph)
From my thorough experiment so far, it looks like R&T, OHW, and Michael Knight were right. "The momentum of the car keeps the engine from stalling" appears to be a true statement. The valves do indeed close (using no fuel)
Originally Posted by kcobean
I love how they tell you "how" this thing works without actually telling you how it works. How exactly do you break down a hydrocarbon molecule, and what exactly is "vapor pressure" in a line filled with fluid? The fuel IS a liquid passing through this thing, so unless the fuel is being heated to the point that it's vaporizing in the lines, I don't understand how it works, and they obviously don't want you to know.
Anyway, as I stated above, this sounds exactly like the thing that was on our Montero....didn't make a lick of difference. I'm such a skeptic on these things because again, if it was such a great invention, why aren't the manufacturers using them to raise the advertised MPG ratings of their vehicles?
Anyway, as I stated above, this sounds exactly like the thing that was on our Montero....didn't make a lick of difference. I'm such a skeptic on these things because again, if it was such a great invention, why aren't the manufacturers using them to raise the advertised MPG ratings of their vehicles?
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