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| HandFarming | Oct 7 2012, 01:01 PM Post #11 |
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Griz- That hit the nail on the head-they all do seem to be modifying some basic idea of turning liquid to vapor for better combustion. Some are heating it and some are magnatizing it (something about setting up an organized burn??). To my amazement I haven't seen one that uses ultra-sound it into vapors! I would be more confident about a purchase if I read more reviews, but the basic "2 tubes into a bottle design" might be worth playing around with for the experience. It couldn't be that simple? We have some small engines not doing anything. After a fence gets finished, and a little wood gets stacked, that might be something to play around with. |
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| Grizzly | Oct 7 2012, 10:28 PM Post #12 |
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I did some more hunting for info and I'm starting to fade on interest. No one has made one on a usable, workable vehicle other than a stationary engine and they have not put one under a load to see if it will keep up on power. It is a good starting point but seems like no one has taken it any farther. The wood gas set up is the only useable one I've found. A friend told me about another plan that uses a humidifier vaporizer, that might be even more efficient but you'd have to find one and it's an electronic circuit board thing that I just as soon stay away from. I've heard of a real fuel saving invention dated back to the forty's and used on their era cars but the info has strangely disappeared. I'll keep searching too and maybe we'll come up with something. |
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| HandFarming | Oct 7 2012, 11:37 PM Post #13 |
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Always hoping to find the design for that 100 mpg carburetor so I will keep reading. Or, it could have been a made up story. Still, the idea that vapors burn cleaner makes sense, and, in the 80s, the idea of aligning molecules to burn cleaner showed some promise with other liquids. Legends or for real? I'm betting the south cal people are soon to do some real testing and hope they get clarity to the process. I will keep reading. |
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| Grizzly | Oct 8 2012, 10:48 PM Post #14 |
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The latest gas saving idea I've been looking at is pre-heating gas. There are a lot of forums with back and forth ideas but don't know what to think of it. Some have good luck and others just cut down what they have done saying it's a waste of time. I might give it a try cause it could help for winter. My plow truck always has running problems when it's really cold and runs much better when either the temps are up or the truck has been running quite a while. I'm talking about older carberator vehicles cause newer ones will have computers fighting back at any modifications. It's worth a try. |
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| HandFarming | Oct 10 2012, 12:05 AM Post #15 |
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I agree-it's worth messing around to see for ourselves if there's any truth to it. If there have been major breakthroughs, I'm not finding them except for like you said- something stationary. if you watch the Netflix movie Gas Hole, they make some amazing claims. And, the idea of being able to run a small gen set for 10 hours verses .5 on a gallon of gas, or tootle into town and back a couple times on a gallon of gas or ethanol would be worth the messing with the idea. |
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| HandFarming | Nov 8 2012, 12:57 PM Post #16 |
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Egads...hubby got a job and bought a Prius. He doesnt have time to play around as he is on 12-14 hour days + Saturdays. This one goes on the shelf for now... |
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| Mommacat | Jan 21 2013, 07:14 AM Post #17 |
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This a newscast from Fox that talks about E15 fuel. It isn't that long and sort of confirms what I've always thought. Our gov't doesn't care about the peons, but is kissing the butts of big corn farmers and all the alternative fuel companies they've subsidized! Wonder what's gonna happen when the only choice we have is to either buy a brand new car or wreck our older models with the only fuel the gov't will allow us to buy?? In this video, they talk about the fact that AAA has come out and flat out told people not to use this or even E85 as it will void warranties and etc. http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2000862202001/ |
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| Grizzly | Mar 17 2013, 10:11 PM Post #18 |
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About a month ago I had ordered a refill for my farm gas barrel and asked to get non-ethenol and was told it was illegal for them to deliver that type of gas. He told me they've been shut down from that type of fuel. That was from Greenway Co-op. Shortly after I had that crap delivered, I found another company that had the non-ethenol and delivered in bulk. Too late now unless I get another barrel and spend over a thousand to have it filled. I did consider getting some and mixing it half and half for now. Can't believe they call it illegal to have real gas not to mention the problems that stuff causes with older motors. |
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| Mommacat | Mar 18 2013, 06:12 AM Post #19 |
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I think your supplier may have misled you on the "illegal" part of that. I think there may be some additional "taxes" they have to pay in order to stock the non-ethanol variety and have to track where it goes, etc. But, to my knowledge (which I admit isn't of braniac status) you can still get the regular - you just have to shop around and, of course, pay extra for. I like your idea of mixing it - you'd be able to use it up and wouldn't have to waste the investment. But, its a well known fact what the ethanol fuel does to motors. But, in our throw-away society, nobody but us old-timers really expects a car to last more than 5 or 6 years. Sad, huh?? |
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