jasper
3/23/2007 10:23:25 AM
Has anyone heard of the Floblade? Saw on ebay promising to increase fuel effeceincy by 33% and increase HP.
Can it be true?
SpaceRider
3/23/2007 10:49:53 AM
I think it's to Good 2 be True
I would do research on Consumer Reports Sites B-4 I would invest my Money
Read below information to Improve fuel economy
10 Fuel Saving Tips You Can Do Now
Pat Goss
There are lots of ways to improve fuel economy and lots of ways to waste money trying to improve fuel economy. Not the least of which are miracle fuel improvers. They don't work, don't waste your money. Now you may have a diesel engine and you may be tempted to run that diesel engine on vegetable oil. Well don't do it; it will work for awhile but it could cause internal engine damage from deposits over the long haul. And remember if you live where it gets chilly in the morning, that vegetable oil could look very much like lard on a cold morning, and the engine isn't going to run. Something else to be concerned with, most parts of the country have new fuel, it's called E10. It's 10 percent ethanol, 90 percent gasoline. Now ethanol is a renewable resource and it cleans up tail-pipe emissions but it lowers fuel economy. And don't confuse it with E85 which is 85 percent ethanol and must only be used in cars that are flex-fuel capable. Now some of the practical things: Tire pressure; check it regularly; set the tires to the specification inside the door of your car. Clean fuel filter, good spark plugs. And there are some sensors that can dramatically reduce fuel economy. These are: inlet air temperature sensor; oxygen sensor; mass airflow sensor and no, don't look for codes because they can be out of spec and reduce fuel economy without setting codes. Dirty anti-freeze will do it as will a bad coolant temperature sensor or a bad thermostat that makes the car run too cool or makes the computer think the car is running cooler than it should. 
Air filters should be replaced when they look like this. And this sucker is going to cost you 10 to 12 miles to the gallon, never let your air filter get that bad. Heavy oil, a lot of you seem to think that that's better for an engine, well it isn't. The only thing thicker than recommended oil is harder to push through the engine. That requires power and that reduces fuel economy. The battery if it's not in good condition. That will cause the alternator to charge all the time, trying to charge the battery. That consumes power and that reduces mileage. And last but not least, all that junk in the trunk. Get rid of it because you are paying for every mile that you haul it around.
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wiz kidd
3/23/2007 10:50:49 AM
its the same thing as the tornado just from the sound of it...the tornado works...but not 33%...
but contrary to what everyone says ... the tornado does work....but definetely not 33%
SpaceRider
3/23/2007 11:01:51 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: wiz kidd
its the same thing as the tornado just from the sound of it...the tornado works...but not 33%...
but contrary to what everyone says ... the tornado does work....but definetely not 33%
Please read article's below
Plenty of companies claim if you just buy their products you'll save on gas. But do they
work? (ABC News)
But Consumer Reports disagrees. At its test track in Connecticut, it did road tests and found the Tornado didn't save gas.
"During those tests, we splice a fuel meter into the line, run them through very strict tests, so we really get to know whether these things work or they don't," says David Champion, director of automobile testing.
"We tested it on two cars, [it] made no difference at all."
Click Link below
SpaceRider
3/23/2007 11:09:43 AM
Buyer BeWare - Do your HomeWork And then there's more
The super fuel-saving gadget
· By: Drivers.com staff
· Date: 2007-02-04
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If a gadget can reduce fuel costs by 20% why wouldn't it be on every car? The advertisers of such products might tell you it's a conspiracy between oil companies and automanufacturers and you might say - "What the heck. It doesn't cost much and it's worth a try."
But there's a better way. Check it out on the Internet.
TV "Infomercials" can be a powerful tool to sell just about anything and the format - looks like a mainstream news or documentary, sometimes with well-known celebrities helping the sales pitch - can be very convincing.
However, as a recent
MSNBC Dateline investigative report revealed, things are not always as they seem on infomercials. Dateline reporters invented a product (a fictitious skin moisturizer) and then went looking for producers for an infomercial. They found one who offered to fix them up with a white-coated doctor to support the product and testimonials from people who would say they tried it.
For a $5,000 fee the doctor, who later claimed she was tricked by NBC's deception, agreed to endorse the product.
The antidote to these super sales pitches can be found on sites such as
InformercialRatings.com or
ConsumerReports.org.
For example Infomercialratings.com offers consumer ratings on the
Tornado fuel saving device and
Consumerreports.org offers test results on three devices - the Fuel Genie, the Tornado, and the Platinum Gas Saver.
Click below link
Below is what I'm going 2 do if the price of Gas goes over $3 a gal
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