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Old 07-26-2009, 01:11 AM   #1 (permalink)
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376 MPG Blast From the Past

Now I want to share some old school engineering with you the year is 1973 Free Bird is the top song on the radio the music was good. A group of engineers from Shell Oil competing each year to out do the previous years competition building a gas saving vehicle. Well, in 1973 they made a vehicle that got 376 MPG I thought I would share this trip down memory lane with you.



A picture is worth a thousand words, this is not a Kevlar composite body just an old 1950s car. The systems were simple It really made sense. They heated the fuel and engine brilliant! Then they put a chain in for the drive train. How easy would that be if you needed a repair. lol. really easy.



Look at all that insulation, here's a different view. I remember Ross Perot saying you don't have to invent the light bulb just make it better. I hope these photo's will turn on some light bulbs and inspire you. They sure have inspired me.



And last but not least the brilliant designed rear end. The drive train is a few sprockets and chain. Our best racing bikes bullet proof gears could be used, just built bigger for the larger chain. We already have the technology.



I know a lot of people think this technology doesn't exist or it's impossible to double the MPG. I hope by sharing information I can offer some hope and knowledge. We can improve on what we already have.

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Wow. Stank up treehugger with your wackiness and now here?

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Looking at those tires he can't have any sort of traction.
No way in hell those would be road legal.
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Get ready for a dose of the infamous Louis LaPointe.


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Wow. Stank up treehugger with your wackiness and now here?

I'll give you points for persistance.
Yeah! The'll let anyone on here. An you made it to Massa level already! Dang seems kind of cerebral tho. lol. But what the heck without cheap gas I gotta get more out of the stuff at the pump. Hope your doin good.
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Cerebral is considered a good thing here. You and your psuedo-science will have a tough time. I do have a question for you though: What do you get out of all your acetone blather?
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That's REALLY cool. Any more info on that car?

Looks like they used aircraft tires for rolling resistance.
Is that a transverse mount mid-engine?
Is there any OPEN area on the radiator, or is that just a high FE pulse until it overtemps, then let it sit and cool forever? Being on the right side of car aft of cabin without any scoops or louvering can't be good for airflow.
Is the clear/yellow coily thing above the carb the 'fuel tank'?
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That's REALLY cool. Any more info on that car?

Looks like they used aircraft tires for rolling resistance.
Is that a transverse mount mid-engine?
Is there any OPEN area on the radiator, or is that just a high FE pulse until it overtemps, then let it sit and cool forever? Being on the right side of car aft of cabin without any scoops or louvering can't be good for airflow.
Is the clear/yellow coily thing above the carb the 'fuel tank'?
I wasn't there when they built it. But it is brilliantly simple they heated the engine and vaporized the fuel. The drive train is awesome you could lift it with one hand. There is no reason we shouldn't have a 300 to 500 MPG car right now. They have had it wrong all these years. It will be easy to build but you have to realize what's wrong with what we have. Look at it differently.

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