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Posted by Mark - IN. on July 23, 2006 at 04:42:55 from (205.188.117.14):
In Reply to: better MPG? posted by Tim Shultz on July 21, 2006 at 19:03:47:
If you're concerned about fuel economy, driving a '73 or '74 Ford 4x4 aint gonna do it for you. In reality, it just won't. Although, back about that time while working at a service station evenings and weekends after school, the boss came up with a gizmo that seemed to help somewhat, so the customers claimed, or at least think worked. My boss/owner, Wayne took plastic canisters that had a hose inside them and one through the lid that tapped into one of the vacumm hoses at the base of the carburator. He'd fill them with a concoction or mixture of I believe alcohol and water, and had an adjustable clamp so that occasional drops of water would slip into the intake manifold plenum and become atomized along with the gasoline through the natural turbulance under vacumm. His theory, was that it'd cool the cylinders somewhat by helping hot carbon buildups and lead deposites get shattered and go out the tailpipes, thus improving fuel economy. Did it really work? I have no clue, but the customers that bought the gizmos and refills of the solution seemed to think so. That was back in the days of 440's, 460's, and 454 gas smogs/hogs. Personally, I used to trickle a garden hose down the carb once a month or so back then, while the engine was running, to do the same thing. In these days of unleaded gas, don't know that there are carbon and lead deposite buildups anymore. You aint gonna get good fuel economy with that thing. Just aint gonna happen. Mark
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