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Magnets, apple corers and other fuel saving devices
Popular Mechanics (for years one of the worst ways to spend a few bucks on a
magazine) must have some new management. There are actually some articles that are worth reading , rather than the magazine just being a buyers look at new products. Anyway, they did dyno testing in Houston on several of the 'wonder' products including the ubiquitous magnetic devices, the Tornado apple corer and fuel saver, vapor induction, etc and as we all might have suspected, none of these idiots delights did anything positive. Total waste of money. Maybe if we urged them, they would actually test oil and air filters and give a more or less scientific opinion. |
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:10:47 +0000, HLS wrote:
> Popular Mechanics (for years one of the worst ways to spend a few bucks on a > magazine) must > have some new management. There are actually some articles that are worth > reading , rather than > the magazine just being a buyers look at new products. > > Anyway, they did dyno testing in Houston on several of the 'wonder' products Could you please tell us the issue, volume, page number and some more info on the 'Popular Mechanics' (ISSN would be nice too) about where to find that article? thanks, shakiro > including the > ubiquitous magnetic devices, the Tornado apple corer and fuel saver, vapor > induction, etc > and as we all might have suspected, none of these idiots delights did > anything positive. Total > waste of money. > > Maybe if we urged them, they would actually test oil and air filters and > give a more or less scientific > opinion. |
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"shakiro" > wrote in message ... > Could you please tell us the issue, volume, page number and some > more info on the 'Popular Mechanics' (ISSN would be nice too) > about where to find that article? > > thanks, > shakiro This is the September, 2005, copy, Shakiro. ISSN 0032-4558 The story, 'Looking for Miracles', starts on page 104. Apparently the work was performed at Universal Technical Institute in Houston, and the particular items tested a Fuel Saver/Fuel Optimiser (magnetic crappola, $20-22) Intake Twister (Cheap Ebay version of Tornado Fuel Saver, $20) Tornado Fuel Saver (Expensive version of an apple corer, $70) Electronic Engine Ionizer Fuel Saver (B&G Electronics, $80) Fuel Atomizer 2000 (Wyoming Instruments.com, ca $200) AquaTune (Aquatune.com, ca $399) |
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Comboverfish wrote:
> > Tornado Fuel Saver (Expensive version of an apple corer, $70) > > I would love to see the results of a red delicious getting sucked into > the intake of this test vehicle. You should've been over on rec.autos.makers.chrysler early last week. Some ignorant dip**** calling himself "Whoever" was arguing that restricted air filters don't reduce fuel economy. He dug himself a hole most of the way to China, making all kinds of hilarious claims regarding having formerly designed EFI system, talking about how the O2 sensor controls the fuel injectors' pulsewidth during open-loop operation, etc. |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> You should've been over on rec.autos.makers.chrysler early last week. Some > ignorant dip**** calling himself "Whoever" was arguing that restricted air > filters don't reduce fuel economy. He dug himself a hole most of the way > to China, making all kinds of hilarious claims regarding having formerly > designed EFI system, talking about how the O2 sensor controls the fuel > injectors' pulsewidth during open-loop operation, etc. I don't know if there's a joke hidden in your statement, but yeah, I replied to him as well. I tried to explain what I think he was missing in his argument. Maybe he worked for Ford in their EEC III division. My favorite poster this week "*" interjected incorrect info into a P/S system discussion, then said that so many people in NGs don't know what they are talking about that he now choses to 'mess with them' 'cause it's fun. Toyota MDT in MO |
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> wrote in message ... > > "shakiro" > wrote in message > ... > > > Could you please tell us the issue, volume, page number and some > > more info on the 'Popular Mechanics' (ISSN would be nice too) > > about where to find that article? > > > > thanks, > > shakiro > > > This is the September, 2005, copy, Shakiro. ISSN 0032-4558 > The story, 'Looking for Miracles', starts on page 104. > > Apparently the work was performed at Universal Technical Institute > in Houston, and the particular items tested a > > Fuel Saver/Fuel Optimiser (magnetic crappola, $20-22) > Intake Twister (Cheap Ebay version of Tornado Fuel Saver, $20) > Tornado Fuel Saver (Expensive version of an apple corer, $70) > Electronic Engine Ionizer Fuel Saver (B&G Electronics, $80) > Fuel Atomizer 2000 (Wyoming Instruments.com, ca $200) > AquaTune (Aquatune.com, ca $399) > > > I liked the engine fire they had because of the B&G Ionizer. Looking at the picture it appears to be some cheap wire with wire nuts every few inches covered with plastic dip coating. Did you notice the HP drop on just about every device as well. That Fuel atomizer looks neat, kind of like a small still attached to the engine....And the Aqua Tune hype "Aqua Tune is like no other water injection system in that it is, in actuality, a fuel cell hydrogen processor> It produces hydrogen rich bubbles before being introduced into the engine draft" I have to agree with PM when they ask anyone to explain how it works. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Steve W." > wrote in message ... It produces hydrogen rich > bubbles before being introduced into the engine draft" I have to agree > with PM when they ask anyone to explain how it works. Hundred percent agree. Many scam artists in a lot of fields use enough scientific buzzwords to impress and amaze the uneducated. There ought to be a law... |
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:15:26 +0000, HLS wrote:
I got it, thanks a lot! shakiro > > "shakiro" > wrote in message > ... > >> Could you please tell us the issue, volume, page number and some >> more info on the 'Popular Mechanics' (ISSN would be nice too) >> about where to find that article? >> >> thanks, >> shakiro > > > This is the September, 2005, copy, Shakiro. ISSN 0032-4558 > The story, 'Looking for Miracles', starts on page 104. > > Apparently the work was performed at Universal Technical Institute > in Houston, and the particular items tested a > > Fuel Saver/Fuel Optimiser (magnetic crappola, $20-22) > Intake Twister (Cheap Ebay version of Tornado Fuel Saver, $20) > Tornado Fuel Saver (Expensive version of an apple corer, $70) > Electronic Engine Ionizer Fuel Saver (B&G Electronics, $80) > Fuel Atomizer 2000 (Wyoming Instruments.com, ca $200) > AquaTune (Aquatune.com, ca $399) |
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