high mileage carb
From : Annonymous
Q: i have a 99 ram 1500 59000 miles. almost the same problem most of the time it stats out in 2nd gear and then shifts normal from there but when it statrs in 1st i have to run it up to about 3500 rpm for it to sift into 2nd. the problem started friday with no warning. i changed the fluid and filter that did not help. .
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From : budd cochran
why 1904 as a spooky year if i am thinking of the correct year it may have been 1902 or 1905 ... anyway one of those years around 1904 there was a great deal of natural disasters worldwide. earthquakes hurricanes extreme hot weather followed by extreme cold weather flooding etc. some religious leaders of the time marked it as the beginning of the last days. 10 years later ww i started ... then they were sure we were in the last days. 100 years later here we are talking about the same thing. craig c. .
From : budd cochran
i found these covers that change the color of interior parts to match the truck. they are easy to put on and stay on. the best part is you dont have to change the factory part and if its illuminated it still glows. you can find them at http//www.snapmods.com .
From : beekeep
i dont know . . .i saw some norway rats at the arvin ind. factory in indiana that were about the size of a jack russell and had more attitude. one year they closed the doors and turned a bunch of the good old boys loose in thee with shotguns to cut down the population ... according to the factorys legend mill. i figure the rats would have run off the rednecks. budd on sun 16 oct 2005 164741 -0700 big al nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote a computerized overly complicated overly expensive way of injecting water into the intake flow. i see no verifcation of his 70 mpg claim nor any proof that he knows anything about combustion physics thermal dynamics fuel manufacture . . .no evidence hes anything but a charlatain. how does water injection help it allows a much leaner mixture by moderating the combustion process and preventing lean mixture detonation problems. it was commonly used in ww ii on many of our fighters to give higher power outputs under combat conditions. the moisture also flashes into low pressure steam to add to the power output. in 1970 mother earth magazine ran an article on how to build your own water injection system with an aquarium air stone a mayonaise jar and some vacuum line. add water and rubbing alcohol. on a 225 slant six in a 1964 valiant i got 41.25 mpg on a 145 mile round trip between canon city co and colorado springs co. the engine was running tighter than stock valve lashes mechanical lifters and a recurved distributor. otoh my eldest is now driving my old 1979 d150 318auto 3.55 axle long bed and getting 19 mpg around town and 23 highway but the vacuum advance has been seriously recurved. it also kicks 350 chubbie butt regularly. now what all this points out is there is no miracle carburetor only careful tuneups and modifictions combined with sensible driving habits aggressive driving is a no-no for fuel economy folks will achieve a net increase in economy. budd budd i see no proof that you read the article. did you read it not that i know anything about it but its not water injection like they used in ww2 when we were kids. can you prove the 318 kicks 350 chubbie butt i went to the 50th anniversary of the first nuke in a friends 350 powered 1/2 ton short bed with a aluminum shell. we got just over 25 mpg for the complete trip. i think it was throttle body injected but did not look. it was dead stock automatic trans and the paint was blowing off the hood just like both of my white dodges al al im not known for lying. i resent your insinuation that i am. the bad part is i tried to help you with your rat infestation. therefore i will not waste the effort in the future as you will just consider im lying. and i wasnt born until 47. budd budd didnt want to upset you sorry i did. noticed you didnt answer the question. did you read the article al still has a rat problem a jack russel will end the rat problem. beekeep .
From : beekeep
sorry greg but my first boat ride was as a baby on noahs ark. budd on sun 16 oct 2005 234312 gmt tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote a computerized overly complicated overly expensive way of injecting water into the intake flow. i see no verifcation of his 70 mpg claim nor any proof that he knows anything about combustion physics thermal dynamics fuel manufacture . . .no evidence hes anything but a charlatain. how does water injection help it allows a much leaner mixture by moderating the combustion process and preventing lean mixture detonation problems. it was commonly used in ww ii on many of our fighters to give higher power outputs under combat conditions. the moisture also flashes into low pressure steam to add to the power output. in 1970 mother earth magazine ran an article on how to build your own water injection system with an aquarium air stone a mayonaise jar and some vacuum line. add water and rubbing alcohol. on a 225 slant six in a 1964 valiant i got 41.25 mpg on a 145 mile round trip between canon city co and colorado springs co. the engine was running tighter than stock valve lashes mechanical lifters and a recurved distributor. otoh my eldest is now driving my old 1979 d150 318auto 3.55 axle long bed and getting 19 mpg around town and 23 highway but the vacuum advance has been seriously recurved. it also kicks 350 chubbie butt regularly. now what all this points out is there is no miracle carburetor only careful tuneups and modifictions combined with sensible driving habits aggressive driving is a no-no for fuel economy folks will achieve a net increase in economy. budd budd i see no proof that you read the article. did you read it not that i know anything about it but its not water injection like they used in ww2 when we were kids. can you prove the 318 kicks 350 chubbie butt i went to the 50th anniversary of the first nuke in a friends 350 powered 1/2 ton short bed with a aluminum shell. we got just over 25 mpg for the complete trip. i think it was throttle body injected but did not look. it was dead stock automatic trans and the paint was blowing off the hood just like both of my white dodges al al im not known for lying. i resent your insinuation that i am. the bad part is i tried to help you with your rat infestation. therefore i will not waste the effort in the future as you will just consider im lying. and i wasnt born until 47. yea but was that 18 or 1947 - -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving 1447 he came to america with columbus. beekeep .
From : budd cochran
my 99 durango has started fogging from the interior vents. when the a/c is on it blows a thick fog out of all vents. it is so thick you have to open the windows to see. if i move the temp control to warmer it immediately stops fogging. i am leaning towards either a plugged drain i cant find the drain or a leaking heater core. the fog has a pronounced oily feel and a slight anti-freeze odor. any ideas thanks in advance for any info. heater core. roy tbone wrote wouldnt a failed heater core also include the smell of anti-freeze in that fog he said there was a slight odor and an oily feel. i cant think of any other thing that would do that. i think id loop the heater hoses and do a pressure test on the core before ripping into it. oops i seemed to have missed the last sentence my mistake. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : tbone
nathan w. collier wrote i dont even own a bible. i just find the similarities to be rather spooky. perhaps its just a repeat of history......a cycle that repeats itself every so often......who knows. still i recognize many similarities and am only pointing them out. from the tsunami to the recent flooding and the overall break down of morality in our modern society.... there have been other years in history where people thought the exact same thing. they take an event and find relevance in the bible and say hmm...must be what its talking about. been that way for a long time. .
From : budd cochran
well he is from that part of the country ya know. budd wait-a-minit . . . .i was too ... a long time ago. vbg on sun 16 oct 2005 120323 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote is he one of those bunnies that goes to family reunions looking for a date as long as it wasnt dennys kissing cousin . . . budd on sat 15 oct 2005 105051 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote i got caught spot lighing a bunny rabbit years ago but that is a whole nother story. i wont ask. what you and denny do is your business . . . . wait a sec.. this is the weekend perhaps we should explore what greg and the friggin rabbit are doing under a spot light. id like to hear more. of course we can always make something up.vbg roy ok. i was a senior in high school and my sister was doing a science fair project that required rabbit blood media. so a freind was driving my 64 catalina through the fields at night with me on the hood with the 12 gauge. the neighbor called the cops and they arrived at my house about the same time as i did with the dead rabbit! after some explaining the cop finally said i cant arrest anyone for working on a science fair project and left. beekeep mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : steve w
maybe a nice 4 gauge - since the wiring harness is no good anyhow!! lorne probably work for a wire harness company! big al wrote this makes about ten pack rat repairs on my vehicles in the last three years. no more mister nice guy i need to get serious and get rid of quoted text clipped - 10 lines smh i set 4 traps last night. nothing. guess i should go buy a dodge wiring harness for bait al -- message posted via carkb.com http//www.carkb.com/uwe/forums.aspx/dodge-truck/200510/1 .
From : big al
read revelations. if you truly believe revelations ... you have no need for your truck. can i have it craig c. .
From : budd cochran
as long as it wasnt dennys kissing cousin . . . budd on sat 15 oct 2005 105051 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote i got caught spot lighing a bunny rabbit years ago but that is a whole nother story. i wont ask. what you and denny do is your business . . . . wait a sec.. this is the weekend perhaps we should explore what greg and the friggin rabbit are doing under a spot light. id like to hear more. of course we can always make something up.vbg roy ok. i was a senior in high school and my sister was doing a science fair project that required rabbit blood media. so a freind was driving my 64 catalina through the fields at night with me on the hood with the 12 gauge. the neighbor called the cops and they arrived at my house about the same time as i did with the dead rabbit! after some explaining the cop finally said i cant arrest anyone for working on a science fair project and left. beekeep .
From : big al
my daughter had a herd of packrats. she got 5 cats and gave them the run of the place. just 2 cats left now no more packrat problems. the cats do tend to leave them in a pile if they find any. the cats sleep with the great pyrenees dogs. all one happy family. bob az .
From : budd cochran
the finailly beefed it up a good bit in 05 and time will tell on that one. you keep saying this.... what exactly was done in 05 that made the 48re so much stronger than those of the 03 and 04 years the 03 being limited to the latter part of the year since the 48re wasnt available until january 03 .
From : thesnoman
rubbish yeah right. you can boost a dmax and that allison will not come apart until you really push it. the old 727s and thm400s could take a lot of extra hp without a problem. the auto was okay when the engine torque was below 500 ft lbs but it will not take more torque for a long period of time because it simply is not that strong of a design when it should have been because chysler knew people were going to boost those motors and should have built a better tranny for it. the finailly beefed it up a good bit in 05 and time will tell on that one. max dodge wrote i disagree with some of this the auto tranny was light to begin with with little reserve by design because dodge did not spend the coin to make it a proper tranny. rubbish. the design is an a727 with an od section. if you recall the a727 was placed behind 425hp hemis not the 5.7 but the 426 six pack 440s and a myriad of other tough situations such as motorhomes and work trucks. if the 727 was good enough to survive this the 618 should also be. the improvements to the 618 to make it the 47re and now the 48re were natural evolutions in trans design not a new design such as the 45rfe or 545rfe. also boat ramp duty is a lot tuff on a tranny than going down the road with a trailer. more rubbish. a boat ramp taken at a proper speed is exactly like going up a grade on a highway. some of those ramps and boat loads can be killers. i have seen more than one tv die on a boat ramp with a big boat behind it. not filter change is going to fix his problem sorry to say. again rubbish. you have no idea what is causing his problem nor do you know what exactly is going on. nor do i. but... suggesting that a trans is dead before doing diagnostic work as well as maintenance to items that could cause the problem is plain stupid. its a good way to spend money when a simple fix may solve the problem. im not sure where your expertise comes from but so far its not exactly expertise. -- ----------------- www.thesnoman.com .
From : thesnoman
yofuri wrote no.spam@junk.mail.net wrote can i use regular home heating oil in my diesel aside from the obvioul tax issues is there really any reason i cant get away with this $2.39 vs. $3.xx plus makes this pretty tempting. depends on how hungry your state is for pothole tax money...they certainly know how tempting it is and how to check for dye. rick yes you do not want to get cuaght because it will cost you many many times more than the money you saved. heating oil glows under a black light. -- ----------------- www.thesnoman.com .
From : budd cochran
the epa did not demand retarded timing. they demanded nox reduction which at the time could only be done with lower peak combustion temps and pressures and retarding timing. today people make matters worse by clinging to 87 octane fuel in a high comprssion engine. the only reason your engine has a knock sensor is for tolerance for low octane fuel and nothing more. and everytime the ecm retards spark for low octane fuel it reduces power output and mpg. budd cochran wrote no sorry i do not have it wrong according to chrysler engineers i worked alongside of while they were assisting in the installation of catalytic converter manufacturing equipment at arvin ind inc in franklin in in 1971. they understood the need for proper combustion the complete burning process happening in the cylinder while the epa was demanding retarded timings and all when the first emissions laws were enforced . . .uh correction . . shoved down our throats. if you remember for about 4 years cars in america got horrid mileage because of screwed up tune procedures. my own experience was a 72 charger with 400/2 bbl engine that got only 14 mpg on the highway / 8 in town when tuned to 1972 specifications but that jumped to 17 around town and 24 highway when tuned to 1968 specs . . . .and it still ran fine on 87 octane fuel -- budd cochran warning!!! poster still believes that intelligence logic common sense courtesy and religious beliefs are still important in our society and might include them in his posts. you have it wrong on cr ratio as you raise it you increase the thermodynamic efficency of the engine and it will boost mpg if you use the correct fuel octane and valve timing with it. it capture more energy from expanding gasses. one of the main reasons oil burners get better mpg is because the same higher cr that is needed to ignite fuel also extract more energy for expanding mixture. cr ratio is a key factor in mpg and if you bulit a gas engine properly with 12 to one or better cr you should see a 10 to 15% or better improvement in mpg. if you ran one on propane you could do up 13 to one with ease because of its high octane. budd cochran wrote agreed. while a higher c.r. improves specific horsepower not always economy it cannot pull more hp out of the fuel than is available. go too far with cr and you will lose economy. its more important to burn all the fuel you can in the cylinder and low octane fuel actually burns faster than high octane. the water/alcohol system i used added a fuel in the form of alcohol vapor and the water vapor reduced the chance of detonation from a lean mix / excessive timing advance situation at cruise throttle. for example my 79 dodge d-150 with 318 ran 55 degrees advance at less than 40 mph mechanical and vacuum advances combined. normally vacuum advance doesnt come in under cruise throttle until 50 mph and yielded 20+ mpg from a vehicle with the aerodynamics of a brick but it would detonate under certain conditions. the 65 225 slant six otoh ran two light springs in the mechanical advance which brought full advance in at around 1000 rpm. on 87 octane this would be a massive ping situation under any load but it only pinged when i forgot to add mix to the bottle. in a 64 valiant it towed an overloaded u-haul trailer over monarch pass co 11000+ feet without strain and delivered 28 mpg at the time. the water / alcohol injection system was on that engine for over 100000 miles and during that time my worst fuel mileage was 20 mpg ... the point had burned up and i didnt have another set until payday the next weekend -- budd cochran warning!!! poster still believes that intelligence logic common sense courtesy and religious beliefs are still important in our society and may include them in his posts. budd cochran wrote to big al yes i read the article and if it were anymore vague it could be used as a soap-opera script. more hype about himself that about the carb and not enough about himself to determine if hes even a logical shadetree inventor. i printed out the pop mech article. the water injection they used works off manifold vacuum which drops as the throttle opened reducing vapor flow. a 5-10% improvement is about the maximum improvement and is about all you could expect * at best* . the system i used on the slant six drew vacuum off the distributor vacuum advance port vacuum increases with throttle opening delivering more vapor at higher rpm used an aquarium air stone 50/50 water alcohol mix and a heavily recurved distributor. full mechanical advance just above idle and full vacuum @ 4 inches of mercury iirc. budd on sun 16 oct 2005 164741 -0700 big al nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote a computerized overly co
From : wc
on sat 22 oct 2005 125538 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote im thinking the poster with the three relays had the best solution. you could just throw them in your pocket they arent heavy like the battery no thief is going to have a spare set much less even know they are missing. what thief is going to break into a second vehicle looking for relays to start your vehicle. if you remove the battery youll reset the ecu and the van may run rough for a few days. id also use the club as a visual deterent. might save the cost of a window. im down for the relays. as for the club waste of money even for a deterent. id opt for a alarm decal of some sort at least the thief wont know what he has to defeat imho. roy like anyones going to steal a dodge. beekeep .
From : budd cochran
can i use regular home heating oil in my diesel aside from the obvioul tax issues is there really any reason i cant get away with this $2.39 vs. $3.xx plus makes this pretty tempting. yes but if you get caught by the tax nazis you will be in deep do-do. also there is a dye in the fuel used for auto consumption that is how they tell it apart. if you decide to do so put a pre-filter with a water separator on the tank it will save you some head aches. -- coasty remove the spooge to reply .
From : big al
can i use regular home heating oil in my diesel aside from the obvioul tax issues is there really any reason i cant get away with this $2.39 vs. $3.xx plus makes this pretty tempting. .
From : budd cochran
cr- increasing compresion will increase efficentcy but on a decrease rate of improvement as pressures increase.. going from 81 to 101 is apx 12% going from 101 to 121 is apx 6% or a total of 18% over 81 it continues to drop as rates increase. as others have stated the fuel is an issue as head temperatures predetenate the fuel. head/combustion chamber design comes into play. many times the reality is that they put cams in these higher compression engines that have higher valve overlap periods to increase exhaust gas evacuation from the bore. this lowers real world increases in mileage that may be gained from the cr. water/meth injection of these items supposidly increase compressiondue to fluids dont compress slow the burn more raise the octatane rateing and lower the exhaust gas temperature. in addition it helps keep clean the engines. that said; i have a dual pressure injection system from snow on my diesel truck. i expected at least 200f exhaust gas temp drops and 80hp. i can not report this maybe i have it set wrong others report good results diesel yes the higher cr does help mileage. unit comparing gas to diesel diesel has 10% more energy. most of todays diesel have turbochargers which increase power on demand. boost levels of 40lbs boost are easy and up to 120lbs are do-able! these presures help hpapx 10hp per 1lbs boost40lbs boost is about 400hp and torque but it takes fuel to do this. article is a mixture of trueth and misinformation. vapor pressure point of the fuels depend on the pressurealtitude. at sea level gasoline will start to vaporize at about 140f diesel about 300f. i am unclear where they get 430f as pressure decreases the tempreture should decrease. fuel that is pulled from a carburator is not vaporized. the fuel is mixed as very very fine droplets. in fact some of the older engines that were designed for performance were designed with large ports in the heads with large carburators. as the word performance in those days ment it was capable of good power at mid to high rpm levels. the engine was designed for high volumes of air and fuel. at normal lower rpm use such as cruse speeds or idle. the airflow in these large ports could be so slow that droplets of fuel would fall out of the stream of air/fuel. pudles of fuel could actually collect in parts of the ports until more airstream would again start to pick up the fuel. this is one reason that fuel injection is much better. hydrogen boost system is a good idea but it generally takes more energy to make the hydrogen than it provides in practice. in addition it may be dificult to regulate the amount that could properly be used. your adding fuel to your running engine without regulation control.this is unfair of me to say. i have not read the book. years ago there was a vapor carb that used exhaust gas as a heat source to vaporize the fuel. you used a normal carb to start the engine and ran it to normal operating tempertures. then you switched to the vapor carburator. the issue was that as you increased the efficency you lowered the waste heat produced. of the people i spoke with using this said it worked fine for a few miles4miles until the exhaust temps would no longer vaporized the fuel. i quote in 1987 mcburney converted a 76 dodge minivan to his design and it got 70 mpg when it was working well. end quote. i owned a 1976 van. dodge had a van and an extended version about 16in longer. both of these are vans not minivans. mini vans did not exist until the 80s. my 76 318ci v8 3sp manual got 14mpg in town. i never took it on the road but would expect 18-20mpg. so much of this article is ghost tales and not about the real meat and potatoes. if this exists then there are a number of automotive mags and tv shows that would welcome this. it would spread like wild fire. members in the press may not wish to give such wild claims the time of day. but if such an item exists it would take little proding by these smart engineers to get on the good side of the reporters. friends of friends that know someone they could give a test ride to prove it too.then these people would add their voice to their bosses to get a real test and report. everyone heard of the guy in el paso tx back in 69 with a ford galaxy getting over 100mpg. they had inspection of the car reporters in the car and in the convoy run. the guy was killed in a hotel and car stolen. yet i tried to find evidence of this myself. i could not. i suggest you do a search on pogue carburetor on the net to see what is said.... if this exists lets see it! you have it wrong on cr ratio as you raise it you increase the thermodynamic efficency of the engine and it will boost mpg if you use the correct fuel octane and valve timing with it. it capture more energy from expanding gasses. one of the main reasons oil burners get better mpg is because the same higher cr that is ne
From : budd cochran
oops! forgot to add one thing part of diesel economy comes from the way the fuel ratio curve works the leanest mixture is at idle not cruise rpm since the a/f ratio is what determines the rpm of the engine for a given load as well as specific power output. a gasoline engine requires a richer in proportion mix at idle than a diesel. when it comes to engine operation they are darn near apples and oranges to each other. -- budd cochran warning!!! poster still believes that intelligence logic common sense courtesy and religious beliefs are still important in our society and might include them in his posts. you have it wrong on cr ratio as you raise it you increase the thermodynamic efficency of the engine and it will boost mpg if you use the correct fuel octane and valve timing with it. it capture more energy from expanding gasses. one of the main reasons oil burners get better mpg is because the same higher cr that is needed to ignite fuel also extract more energy for expanding mixture. cr ratio is a key factor in mpg and if you bulit a gas engine properly with 12 to one or better cr you should see a 10 to 15% or better improvement in mpg. if you ran one on propane you could do up 13 to one with ease because of its high octane. budd cochran wrote agreed. while a higher c.r. improves specific horsepower not always economy it cannot pull more hp out of the fuel than is available. go too far with cr and you will lose economy. its more important to burn all the fuel you can in the cylinder and low octane fuel actually burns faster than high octane. the water/alcohol system i used added a fuel in the form of alcohol vapor and the water vapor reduced the chance of detonation from a lean mix / excessive timing advance situation at cruise throttle. for example my 79 dodge d-150 with 318 ran 55 degrees advance at less than 40 mph mechanical and vacuum advances combined. normally vacuum advance doesnt come in under cruise throttle until 50 mph and yielded 20+ mpg from a vehicle with the aerodynamics of a brick but it would detonate under certain conditions. the 65 225 slant six otoh ran two light springs in the mechanical advance which brought full advance in at around 1000 rpm. on 87 octane this would be a massive ping situation under any load but it only pinged when i forgot to add mix to the bottle. in a 64 valiant it towed an overloaded u-haul trailer over monarch pass co 11000+ feet without strain and delivered 28 mpg at the time. the water / alcohol injection system was on that engine for over 100000 miles and during that time my worst fuel mileage was 20 mpg ... the point had burned up and i didnt have another set until payday the next weekend -- budd cochran warning!!! poster still believes that intelligence logic common sense courtesy and religious beliefs are still important in our society and may include them in his posts. budd cochran wrote to big al yes i read the article and if it were anymore vague it could be used as a soap-opera script. more hype about himself that about the carb and not enough about himself to determine if hes even a logical shadetree inventor. i printed out the pop mech article. the water injection they used works off manifold vacuum which drops as the throttle opened reducing vapor flow. a 5-10% improvement is about the maximum improvement and is about all you could expect * at best* . the system i used on the slant six drew vacuum off the distributor vacuum advance port vacuum increases with throttle opening delivering more vapor at higher rpm used an aquarium air stone 50/50 water alcohol mix and a heavily recurved distributor. full mechanical advance just above idle and full vacuum @ 4 inches of mercury iirc. budd on sun 16 oct 2005 164741 -0700 big al nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote a computerized overly complicated overly expensive way of injecting water into the intake flow. i see no verifcation of his 70 mpg claim nor any proof that he knows anything about combustion physics thermal dynamics fuel manufacture . . .no evidence hes anything but a charlatain. how does water injection help it allows a much leaner mixture by moderating the combustion process and preventing lean mixture detonation problems. it was commonly used in ww ii on many of our fighters to give higher power outputs under combat conditions. the moisture also flashes into low pressure steam to add to the power output. in 1970 mother earth magazine ran an article on how to build your own water injection system with an aquarium air stone a mayonaise jar and some vacuum line. add water and rubbing alcohol. on a 225 slant six in a 1964 valiant i got 41.25 mpg on a 145 mile round trip between canon city co and colorado s
From : roy
or a battery disconnect switch mounted under dash or under hood used to use a disconnect switch on the fd trucks was mounted in the cab. this thread reminds me of the stupid anti-theft device on my 01. chip that is insertied under the dash. pretty much just serves as a second key that has to be used in conjunction with the main one. on a long trip i pulled over for a nap and kicked it loose. took a while till i realized what was wrong. on top of that irritation the salesman tried to charge me an additial 2 or 3 hundered dollars for i when i bought the truckt. i said take it out! he did not charge me for it but i never got back to the shop to have it disabled. anyone know how john .
From : thesnoman
any glaring messups what should i do now craig c. check the fluid level. after driving for a few days following transmission service i have to top mine off again. ive noticed my transmission slipping after making left turns when the fluid level is low. -- ken .
From : budd cochran
agreed. while a higher c.r. improves specific horsepower not always economy it cannot pull more hp out of the fuel than is available. go too far with cr and you will lose economy. its more important to burn all the fuel you can in the cylinder and low octane fuel actually burns faster than high octane. the water/alcohol system i used added a fuel in the form of alcohol vapor and the water vapor reduced the chance of detonation from a lean mix / excessive timing advance situation at cruise throttle. for example my 79 dodge d-150 with 318 ran 55 degrees advance at less than 40 mph mechanical and vacuum advances combined. normally vacuum advance doesnt come in under cruise throttle until 50 mph and yielded 20+ mpg from a vehicle with the aerodynamics of a brick but it would detonate under certain conditions. the 65 225 slant six otoh ran two light springs in the mechanical advance which brought full advance in at around 1000 rpm. on 87 octane this would be a massive ping situation under any load but it only pinged when i forgot to add mix to the bottle. in a 64 valiant it towed an overloaded u-haul trailer over monarch pass co 11000+ feet without strain and delivered 28 mpg at the time. the water / alcohol injection system was on that engine for over 100000 miles and during that time my worst fuel mileage was 20 mpg ... the point had burned up and i didnt have another set until payday the next weekend -- budd cochran tricky old fart arent ya.vbg roy .
From : budd cochran
why no just pull the ignition fuse beekeep on 19 oct 2005 230135 -0700 timw spiderweb-books@earthlink.net wrote im about to head out on a 10 week trip round the usa in my conversion van and as it will be my home for most of that time i wanted to ensure that it will be as secure as possible from thieves. i dont really have much confidence in regular alarm systems - when was the last time you saw an alarm go off and heard someone say quick call the police as i have a padlocked strong box under the bed inside i figured i might be able to quicky detach a key component from the engine and stash it in the locked box while im away from the vehicle but i dont know what would be most suitable. in the old days i could have simply removed the distributer cap but with computer managed fuel systems now that isnt an option. any ideas i saw an interesting suggestion elsewhere about putting a switch on the line to the fuel pump and hiding it somewhere under the dash but i dont know how easy that would be to do or whether it would cost me a couple of hundred dollars to get an auto electrician to put it in for me. is there a key and unique fuse somewhere on board that i could take out one last point. when i say a strong box i mean just that. its similar to the tool boxes on the back of many pickup trucks and its actually bolted to the floor from the inside so that the only way you could take it out of the vehicle is to break open the lid or padlocks. any advice on the matter would be much appreciated. thanks .