View Single Post
Old 06-17-2008, 08:04 PM   #19 (permalink)
AXMonster
British Ecomod Hypermiler
 
AXMonster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: South Coast, England
Posts: 101

The AXe - SOLD - '97 Citroen Citroen AX 1.1i 5 Door
90 day: 46.78 mpg (US)

Foci - '03 Ford Ford Focus Tdci Ghia Estate
90 day: 64.37 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1
Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts
Here's my interpretation on 'The Blade'

Its a thick fabric that the exhaust gas passes through.
It causes increased backpressure.
The increased backpressure causes more exhaust reversion during overlap and therefore more 'natural EGR' for want of a better phrase.
The increased 'natural EGR' increases cylinder temperatures and therefore decreases catalyst lightoff time.
The increased 'natural EGR' means that for the same power outputs, the throttle position has to be greater to achieve the same intake airflow (i,e, to get the same amount of air & fuel in there).

You can get the same effect by fitting a couple of socks over your tailpipe or squashing the end down a bit!

Oh, and it collects carbon out of the exhaust that would normally justg drop out of the tailpipe in chunks Wow, big deal..... hardly saving the earth.

I'm calling snake oil LOL
__________________
1997 Citroen AX 1.1i SPI
2003 Ford Focus 1.8 Tdci estate
Ecomods: See my garage



  Reply With Quote