exxon / mobils 100mpg carb

[GasSavers_ALS]

I was just making a joke. I thought the at the end would tip you off to my intentions.

[GasSavers_GasUser]

100mpg carb...........yea, but what does it get going up hill???

[99metro]

This is a really old thread - how did this get dredged up?

[thornburg]

Originally Posted by 99metro

This is a really old thread - how did this get dredged up?

It would appear that FordMan is responsible for res'ing this thread, unless there is a deleted post in between the last old one (circa May 2007) and his.

[Big Dave]

This has to be the all-time champion of evergreen conspiracy theories. I first heard this crock in the early 60s. Of course, never the first bit of corroboration.

[Ford Man]

[QUOTE=thornburg;110089]It would appear that FordMan is responsible for res'ing this thread, unless there is a deleted post in between the last old one (circa May 2007) and his.[/QUOTE

I didn't look at the date on the thread, someone must have made a comment and then deleted it. It came up as a thread that had a new comment.

[markweatherill]

Oh heck! It's certainly pervasive. I was in a training session at work on the subject of environmental issues, you could have predicted (and of course it happened) someone piped up stating that some friend's relative, while working for a big automotive concern, happened to invent a carburettor that got 100mpg or doubled fuel mileage or some such... and all rights to the device were snapped up by said big company never to be seen again.

[Lug_Nut]

Originally Posted by Ford Man

I would be willing to do a lot of my driving at 35 mph if I could get 100mpg vs 45mpg driving 50-55.

So do it, already!
My ex-Passat (still in my name, but now it's 'hers') averaged 48 mpg in "normal" driving, but 80+ when really trying for good mpg and keeping speeds down to the 35~40 mph range. I strongly think your 45 mpg could be brought up to mid 70's by dropping your speed to mid-30 mph and concientiously driving for fuel frugality. Then you could claim to have a derivitive version of the non-existent big-oil-supressed, miracle mileage air /fuel mixer. Maybe not 100 mpg, but halfway there for absolutely free, no licensing, no infringement, no labor.
The down side is needing 14 hours for a 500 mile trip, now THAT gets tiring quickly.

[GasSavers_maxc]

You can get 100mpg with "Steam cracking". Do it in real time. 1 gallan of gas don't just = 48 Horse power per hour at 100% engine eff.!

[thornburg]

Originally Posted by maxc

You can get 100mpg with "Steam cracking". Do it in real time. 1 gallan of gas don't just = 48 Horse power per hour at 100% engine eff.!

Ok, I googled "steam cracking" and read the wikipedia article, and I get that steam cracking is the process of breaking down large hydrocarbons into smaller hydrocarbons. What does that have to do with automobile engines and their efficiency?