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Old 11-08-2011, 05:15 PM   #179 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
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putting the magnets on my intake tube had a profound effect....the car barely wanted to run! I think the magnets are still on my fuel line, but it's irrelevant, considering the engine is dying and burning oil like a Saudi oil well in 1991.

I blame the placebo effect for all of it. My wife and I already were trying to economically drive our vehicles before I tried the magnets hondo graciously sent me. And it apparently made no difference. I just hate to see a kind hearted man getting sucked into what is a virtual sugar pill.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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