[carbking]

For those who believe in the tooth fairy:



Jon

[carbking]

Sorry about the orientation of the picture.

Jon.

[carbking]

And the rest of the story............................................. .................



Jon

[77 TRASHCAN]

Jon, I bet those work well with a Fish Carburetor, lol!!

Have you ever seen a Fish carb???

[carbking]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

Jon, I bet those work well with a Fish Carburetor, lol!!

Have you ever seen a Fish carb???

Yes,fFrom my website:

https://www.thecarburetorshop.com/Ca...serknownbrands

Jon

[1968firebird455]

Very cool site carbking! Thanks for sharing.

[Cliff R]

You can't watch a Youtube video without some advertisement coming on telling of some fired employee or High School genius working in the chemistry lab who found a way to get another 40mpg's from your daily driver. At the end of all the "drama" and BS stories they link you to someplace that's going to try to unload your wallet buying some POS part that doesn't work.

I wonder how many folks buy into all that BS?.........

[tempest1964]

"I wonder how many folks buy into all that BS?........."

PT Barnum said 'There's a sucker born every minute'. And I believe him.

[necdb3]

Originally Posted by Cliff R

You can't watch a Youtube video without some advertisement coming on telling of some fired employee or High School genius working in the chemistry lab who found a way to get another 40mpg's from your daily driver. At the end of all the "drama" and BS stories they link you to someplace that's going to try to unload your wallet buying some POS part that doesn't work.

I wonder how many folks buy into all that BS?.........

We had fun with my warranty administrator at one of the dealers. He bought a "fuel Ionizer" that was supposed to give him better fuel economy. We added a gallon of fuel to his tank daily for a week. He became an immediate believer until we stopped adding the fuel. He spent weeks trying to figure out why that happened, calling the company on the phone explaining how it only worked for a week. After about a month, we told him.

[GT182]

Now that was funny necdb3. You should have taken a gallon out after stopping adding a gallon.

It's like throwing rice under a Honda motorcycle when a guy says his doesn't leak oil.

[sdbob]

I wonder though what oil or vehicle cos have found out in the lab to increase mileage. Have they kept it secret for the fear of lost $ or what it is now that's it?

[necdb3]

Originally Posted by GT182

Now that was funny necdb3. You should have taken a gallon out after stopping adding a gallon.

It's like throwing rice under a Honda motorcycle when a guy says his doesn't leak oil.

That was our thought except then we were playing with his car. We would have to open a fuel line and didn't want to get that far into it. Adding fuel is harmless and extremely easy, removing it? I didn't want to take that chance. I was also the service director of that dealership and thought I would control it before it got out of hand.

Dave

[Tom Vaught]

Biggest change in F.E. occurred with lower numerical axle ratios and more gears in the transmissions. Example: GM/Ford's efforts to produce a viable transmission with strength, and 7, 8, or 10 speeds.

Corvettes: 10 Speeds, F-150 Trucks: 10 speeds, a few still have 7 speeds or 6 speeds.

Turn the engine slower, you get fewer Combustion events (less Power Pulses), use less fuel, and have less wear on the engines.

So many, many years ago when there were Transmissions with Over Drive, the fuel consumed was less in over-drive mode.

History ALWAYS has Lessons IF you are Willing to Listen.

Tom V.

[carbking]

Tom - did you ever drive a 2-ton (or larger) with O.D.?

Get the truck to the speed you wanted, push in the clutch, flip the O.D. switch, wait a few seconds until you actually heard (and felt) the O.D. engage, and then release the clutch.

A true fuel-saving method during WWII (rationing), at least in north-central Missouri, was to remove the accelerator pump COMPLETELY from the carburetor. 50 years ago, we had several come in with no pump.

Jon.

[Scarebird]

Duct tape carbking's heel BEHIND the gas pedal so you only get 50% throttle at most.

[SRR]

Back in the 70's I would take the secondary linkage off my Holley double pumper to save fuel. lol

[SRR]

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[b-man]

Solex 26VFIS carburetor used on 1131cc 25hp DIN (30hp SAE) VW engines up to 1953.

No accelerator pump. Wouldn’t have made much difference either way since accelerating wasn’t really a thing with them anyway, especially when used in a bus.

[Tom Vaught]

Originally Posted by carbking

Tom - did you ever drive a 2-ton (or larger) with O.D.?

Get the truck to the speed you wanted, push in the clutch, flip the O.D. switch, wait a few seconds until you actually heard (and felt) the O.D. engage, and then release the clutch.

A true fuel-saving method during WWII (rationing), at least in north-central Missouri, was to remove the accelerator pump COMPLETELY from the carburetor. 50 years ago, we had several come in with no pump.

Jon.

Yes, I have driven several older vehicles with Over-drive installed and yes, you paid attention to what the
vehicle speed was vs the engine rpm.

And if you were good on the gas (Throttle) lever and if you matched the speed correctly, the accelerator pump
(if it had one) was rarely used except going up a steep hill.

Thanks for the memory.

Tom V.

[GT182]

All of this is vapor ware in my book.

The only time I've heard of gas savings was when I worked at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY back in 1973. One of the guys I work with in our department had bought a new 1972 Ford off a Ford dealer's showroom floor. I can't remember what model it was. Maybe a Galaxie 500 or Custom 500. Anyway, he said he was getting 52 m/g with it back and forth to work. And to make sure he checked 4 times with the same results. One day the dealer called that they need to do an inspection of the brakes. He didn't want to go back to them, but they insisted because if there was a problem it would be covered under the warranty. He could take it in because of work, so he let his wife take it in. And he said to her, "Under no circumstances are you to let it out of your sight." She took it but they wouldn't let her in the service department. She made a stand and lost. In it went and an hour later out it came. No problems with the brakes.

But when he got home after work, he took the car out for a ride. Guess what. Milage dropped to 19 m/g. The had taken the carb off and replaced it. He was p*ssed and called the dealer. They denied even touching the carb.

He figured this carb had gotten away from the factory with the "special gas saving carb' and by hook or crook got it back. 2 days later he made them take the car back and bought something other than a Ford... a new Honda that was just imported. Then his wife was p*ssed.

True story as to what we heard, as there were a bunch of us that heard this and agreed with him. Remember that even back then everyone, including the car manufacturers, were trying to save on gas mileage.