Date:         Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:43:56 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
Comments: To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
In-Reply-To:  <BF460620.4131%camper@tactical-bus.info>
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JimT,

That quote down below that you attribute to me abiut all devices being
bought up  .......... I didn't say it.

I think that quote came from Phil Cain ...... I think.

Wasn't me, in any case.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

jimt wrote:

>There was a big special on one of the pbs stations on this myth a few years
>back.  The car companies (not oil companies) did buy up quite a few that
>showed that they werent frauds or snake oil.  That was very few of them in
>total.  Chrysler and ford both said they purchased over a dozen each for the
>ownership and tested many others to verify that they were fake, or dangerous
>to the vehicle.  Some of the ones they bought lead to design of newer
>carburators and more efficient injectors systems.  Others were not
>"commercially" viable.  What that meant was that in order for the system to
>work correctly it had to be individually tuned to each vehicle.  Chevy said
>they buy a couple of designs a year that they see on the web and hear of to
>test out on vehicles.  Most were pure fake, and others have their claims
>stretched way beyond reallity.  When asked what would be a guide on buying a
>fuel saver device,  they all said if it was real they would be selling it.
>
>My way was to put in a 90s subaru engine.  Far superior fuel management to
>the original 80s technology in my original air cooled engine.
>13/17 (14) mpg (air cooled) to 18/20 (19) mpg (subie actual in my vanagon)
>857 gal/12k miles to 631 gal/12k miles for almost a 220 gallon per year
>difference.  In my case I have already paid for most of my engine cost with
>gas savings in the 3 years I have been running the newer engine.
>
>
>Jimt
>
>On 9/8/05 2:09 PM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
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>>>>All the devices that work have been bought up by the
>>>>oil companies so we won't get the mileage.
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