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I have thought of maybe instead taking copper plates to use as intake manifold to head gaskets and cutting a jagged edge on the inside to promote flinging fuel drops back into the air stream.
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Why not an electrically heated Jet-A-Vator? WAI is Ecomodder canon.
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Originally Posted by 2009Toyotoad
The cynicism in my response, was more from the prospective of having purchased and used many of these types of devices in the past and the wishing that others avoid making the same exact error.
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Do you see what you did there? The question of the merits of this commercial product is only similar to the question of this concept, let alone totally other things you may have tried.
On thing to keep in mind about this is the name, Gene Berg. FYI, he and his son Doug were legendary on the drapstrips of Southern California for
decades, going toe to toe with the best. They were doing something right.
Testing was done by HotVWs magazine. The Mileage Motors series was one of their most popular and ended all too soon. From memory, the only single change that made as big a difference was the freeway flyer transaxle.
The Berg's claim of 40% increase isn't tenable, but the tested 10% is, although it's buried in re-jetting of the main jets and added ignition advance. But the philosophy holds, give a little to get a little—top speed is down, but bottom end torque is up, with improved mileage.
Edit: Poking around of the CB Performance site I found this:
CB's Black Box
Is it possible to combine performance and good mileage? It is with CB Performance's new easy-to-install electronic package.
I remember reading about this at the time and ignoring it because the software is tied to the Windows OS.
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For example, with our settings we cruised along at 3,200 rpm (approx 70 mph) with the timing at 45° for maximum mileage, but the moment we stepped on the throttle the vacuum dropped, and timing dropped with it to 30° to prevent detonation - the best of both worlds! And the second mileage test, over the same highway and at the same gas stations, proved that the engine like it, as it improved to 31.66mpg, an increase of 3.43mpg, or 12.15%.
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