It was a trick with ultrasonics. There had been rumors of ultrasonic
carburetors in GM for several years, the so-called 30 mpg box, and it was
supposed to be wired with transducers and such. Of course, the guy I ran
into who claimed to really have one until the first service on his new '74
Impala could have just been describing an early test Q-Jet with the
electronics plugged in. He claimed he got around 20 mpg with his Impala
and
then 13 when it was gone.
I positioned an ultrasonic transducer above the barrels and pumped in a
40khz signal. I really didn't have anything to base it on and was just
trial and error. The transducers I had were surplus electronics items and
were not designed for the heat, gas, or anything, so they failed after
about
a week. I went through 4 of them.
The idea was that ultrasonics let the gas and air atomize better and that
would improve fuel economy. It appears that it did. With more time,
money,
and equipment, it might have been a good deal, positioning them under the
carb, in the intake, or maybe above and below, but I didn't have the
resources to do all that. I never had the chance to really tune for
mileage
as by the time I ran enough miles and gas, they had failed. If I had
transducers that could have lasted, I could have tried turning the carb
for
the ultrasonics and seen if they actually
Since them, the EFI, TBI, and TPI all have created much better atomization
than carbs did so it is academic today. If it improved over the fuel
injection, it might only be 1 mpg or so, and that isn't really worth the
effort.
"lab~rat >:-)" <chase@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:sujhi351unu07fimksd4k5uf3st5td85o4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:53:49 -0400, "Tom in Missouri"
> <toomuch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> puked:
>
>>There are a lot of scams and a lot of snake oil out there, but one thing
I
>>did try years ago did actually work. Unfortunately, the parts I used
were
>>not designed for such use or in the environment I was using them, and so
>>after a few days, they failed. But during that time, gas on the test
car
>>(my daily commuter which was going about 80 miles per day) went from
22-23
>>to 25. I had only gotten 25 a couple of times before - long flat
non-stop
>>highway trips at 55-60 mph. This was tested in mostly city driving.
>>
>>However, since it involved helping things atomize quicker/better, and
the
>>EFI/TBI/TPI all does that just as well today, there isn't any point in
me
>>trying to build one again.
>
> The suspense is killing me...
>
>>
>>So occasionally, you do find some of these that do work. You just want
to
>>not get too involved in expense looking for them, or you could buy more
>>gas
>>than you will ever save.
>>
>>
>>"Ric Seyler" <ricseyler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>news:tlnVi.90$Tl5.16@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Steve wrote:
>>>
>>>>With the cost of crude oil hitting $90 a barrel, this is something you
>>>>can't
>>>>pass up! This is not a SCAM and can save you real money. A quick
down
>>>>and
>>>>dirty of how this works:
>>>>
>>> Magnets on the fuel line or the "Turbonator" behind the air cleaner?
>>> LOLOLOLOLOL
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Stupid humans...
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