It's got electrolytes, (power)plants crave them.
Posted on 05/27/2008 5:44:17 PM PDT by Chickensoup
I was visiting friends in South Florida when a friend broke down in Jacksonville and begged me to come get him.
He had a 1986 fullsize pickup with a harley in the bed and a billion pounds of household stuff packed around it. We guesstimated his pickup alone grossed out at a touch over 4,500lbs.
Attached a towbar to it and towed it back 4 wheels down and averaged 16mpg doing it @ 68 to 70mph using O/D. 250mile tow.
What would happen if you turned the wheels?
I’ve been thinking about a winch for the new Toy but there is not much to hook to on the farm. I was thinking about tossing this big danforth I have in the bed and in case I get stuck when we get the the rainy season I could try land kedging. But I just know everybody would make fun of me. I do carry 100 feet of 5/8 dockline - pull out others.
37 is downright scary. I get 56 with our summer 15% alky brew and 58 with straight premium. But then the Buell is only pushin’ 91 ponies too ;)
All- A side note to outrageous performance gains- Any vehicle thouroghly abused and neglected for 200,000 miles is going to see increases in power and mileage when it gets proper maintainance. Clean oil, filters, fresh plugs and wires have turned MANY 5 mpg, barely move, clunkers, into 10 mpg tire spinnin’ demolition derby subjects. 100% gain. Even if this device worked (which it can’t)it would be a waste of money if you ain’t gonna take care of the basics.
I can't remember much about turning the wheels other than I had to steer up the path and correct for the constant side-to-side movement that comes when the vehicles is "grasping" for traction. It will meander a bit.
Now, in Jersey when I had the Explorer laying on the sand, turning the wheels back and forth did clear a little room, but it proved useless in that situation. I was already buried. As luck would have it, the Jeep with which I was travelling was also buried. We tied the winch between the vehicles and cranked on it until the "less stuck" one pulled out of the muck. The Jeep, being lighter, came out first. He then found high ground and pulled me out with a strap.
“take care of the basics.”
I bet that, plus just paying attention, makes ALL the difference in these gimmicks.
Based on you screen name I assume you are from coastal central Queensland. Big stretches of the highway through the miles and miles of cane are total toad slick.
Great story, unfortunately it isn't really true. He finally lost the law suit. One or two companies paid before going to trial. The others won and didn't have to pay. It seems that people have been using timers to control electric motor operation since the turn of the (last) century. An intermittent wiper is just that - a timer controlling an electric motor. The patent didn't hold up.
Buell Vs. E-Glide = wind resistance and weight factors.
If my ElectraGlide could get down the road by itself without my added weight, downhill, it still would never see 58mpg. :-(
That's nearly as bogus as the original claim.
Want to save gasoline? Only drive down hill.
It's got electrolytes, (power)plants crave them.
That would not have worked back when I was in High School. It was uphill both ways, and the snow was always at least a foot deep.
Fortunately, we walked those 10 miles, so we didn't have to worry about gas mileage. I will note though that I only got the family shoes once a week (had to share them with 4 siblings). You get used to it.
In turbine engines used to generate electricity, water is injected to lower emissions. Water is injected into the fuel manifolds through a separate port, flows in with the liquid fuel (diesel or Jet-A, most likely diesel).
The reaction of the burning oxygen can boost thrust by causing more burning of the fuel exchaust.
To use this in a rotary crank engine as a performance booster??
You would need a supercharger or highly pressurized system to make the water into a gaseous mixture, a system to spread the fluid evenly before it gets injected into the ports for each cylinder, you would need to meter it because it would ony be needed in one cylinder at a time, and NOT the others at that time...
too complicated a system for a regular auto engine, to little gain for the money spent.
Seriesly, tune it up, clean the air filter frequently, keep the tires prperly inflated, and drive with a bare foot.
Drill deep from Queensland. Sunny southern Arizona is still toad slick come the moonsoon season.
“So. No. Demonstrably, even evil Exxon couldn’t do what you suggest”
Forgot to put on sarc tag lol
maybe he should vote for obama then?
It does nothing, serves no purpose.
The time it takes to saddle up would far outweigh the current cost of gas. Plus the drive time would keep you on the road forever......
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