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Date:         Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:18:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      The 150 MPG carbureter exists!
In-Reply-To:  <20050928203046.WWYO12944.priv-edtnes15.telusplanet.net@gerry.vanagon.com>
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I'll try it on fryeday ok? On Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at 02:20 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Subject: The 150 MPG carbureter exists! > > Really it does. GM paid 100 million to cover it up. Last night I heard > all about its' development on the radio. You know , that AM radio > station that you listen to when you cant sleep at 3 in the > morning.This person on the radio said that he knew the developer > personally, and this is how it all happened....... This guy was > cleaning parts at work with gasoline and somehow acetone got included > in the mixture. Well , this guy was called away from the parts that he > was cleaning, and when he returned all the gas was evaperated(got > your interest now?) He discovered that this acetone had caused the gas > to vaporize quickly. He put this to work in his car and the rest > should have been history(yeah right). Eventually, he setteled upon 2 > ounces of acetone per gallon of premium gasoline as the perfect > ratio. His Oldsmobile 442 got 75 mpg with this.He said that the > premium gas was needed to retard the combustion of this quickly > vaporized gas until the proper time. Or was it that premium > retards were combusted quickly at the proper time?. Dont remember > exactly as it was 3AM. Dosent matter anyway. How many times do you get > a chance to save civilization all by yourself? Not many I would guess, > and the risks are worth it. So I ask, are there any listees out there > that would like to try this out?I would do this myself , but my > vanagon wont let me( this is my only vehicle), and I cant afford a > tank of premum gas anyway.Perhaps a someone has an old vehicle that > can be donated to this cause. Maybe a friend needs a birthday present > of a tank of premum gas(birthday not till next april).Let us know the > results on this list.Roger


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