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Old 08-31-2014, 02:06 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BobS View Post
i"m new here but I would like to see some vapor carb research done here. If it proves to get great mileage, wonderful. But as I mentioned in a deleted post, if we keep this device even visible, someone will notice that it is one answer to the third world's need for extremely simple, extremely robust devices like the vapor carb which, as Youtube will be glad to show you, actually is an effective device.
A good carb tune is more important than having a miracle device.
Mechanical carburetor technology hit its peak in the late 1970s. Then it comes down to cold air versus warm air and tuning from there on.
If some one wants to help these carburetor stricken third world countries then they should invent a dirt cheap wide band O2 meter for tuning.
When I started using a wide band 02 meter and the advanced 100+ piece Edelbrock tuning rod, jet and spring set on my Camaro to tune its Edelbrock 650 with vacuum secondaries it was almost as good as fuel injection.
Its amazing what you can do with a carburetor when you go from just guessing to actually seeing whats going on and having the parts to do something about it.

I say to be able to do any successful fuel vaporing you have to master the carburetor or fuel injection on the vehicle to be experimented on first.
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