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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut

I am fully aware of FVT and their success. I even use the same lab they test at. I have no reason to doubt their claims.

However, you go on to say that there are problems with fuel additives undermining the ability of vapor systems to work. And yet, FVT makes no mention of this as a problem at all. I haven't found it a problem either.

So, either FVT has no idea what they are doing, or your anecdotal sources are suspect. I tend to think the later.

And the fact you think it takes 1500 degrees (centigrade?) to fully crack long carbon chains shows you don't understand catalysts and chemical thermodynamics. Temperature is just one aspect of chemical enthalpy. Pressure and particle kinetics, as well as the presence of reactive precursors, can rapidly cause thermal de-polymerization of a carbon chain. That is what HCCI and PCCI is all about. Throw in a catalyst such as platinum and you can make the reaction go forward at half the temperature you would expect allowing this to occur before combustion. Does the synthetic gas allow you to cut your BFSC in half? Maybe, if you can take advantage of the H2 present and adjust your engine controls accordingly. Will this allow the average sedan to go 200 miles on one US gallon? No.

From all accounts I have gathered, the car Pogue tested, was stripped down - drivers seat and the heat exchange device were all it carried. He kept his speed to about 40 mph. Does this sound familiar? It sounds like hyper-miling to me! The device may have worked, but not to the extent he and others have attributed.

The addition was not mine, I thought it was by the same writer.

Rich