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Old 06-10-2008, 12:15 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Ive considered building a vaporizer before. Id really be interested to see what you did.

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Old 06-10-2008, 12:37 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Well I took the Pearl Bus on a trip to the desert, through the mountains. It was a 206 mile roundtrip, up and down, and curvy with some freeway driving. Normally I would get 22-23 on a trip like this, max.

I filled the tank on arrival with 7.3 gallons, equates to a 28 mpg. I'm satisfied with the product and will continue tweaking it for better mileage. It'll be nice to know I'm saving over a $1.00 on every gallon!

Now that I see the results for myself, it really doesn't give me a good feeling about what the car companies' priorities are (this device would be so easy to incorporate in an engine). I guess it's the consumer's fault too. We've never really clamored for more mileage efficiency. It actually decreased from 1988 (26 mpg) to 1999 (24.5 mpg).

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No other mods to the car. Same speed, same tire pressures and driving techniques?
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Old 06-10-2008, 02:56 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Lazarus, no other mods and I tried to keep my driving habits the same, etc.

It's such a simple device that it makes me wonder what would happen if I could vaporize all the fuel going into the piston chamber. They say when you vaporize gas (make it a smaller particle) it's easier to ignite and therefore provides more power/mpg.

This is the site I got it from: ***************** It's $150.
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Old 06-10-2008, 08:13 PM   #14 (permalink)
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hmm, how can adding unregulated fuel to the intake save on gas? does driving around with your cold start injector running some how make your engine run leaner, I think not.

plus the Previa is injected so the injectors are atomizing the fuel, in addition when the fuel hits the back of the hot intake valve it is vaporized. This device makes no logic to me on an EFI engine.

with all due respect sir I hope you can prove to us that your are not trying to sell something here.
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Old 06-10-2008, 09:00 PM   #15 (permalink)
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It was pointed out to me that "lorenzo" owns the domain to which he was pointing people to try to sell the dubious vaporizer device.

Also, a Previa matching his appears in an "ad" for the product elsewhere.

He's posted the same message on other efficiency sites.

So... I've banned the user for unscrupulous tactics pushing the device.

To the person who alerted me, thanks for keeping your eyes open and for being rightfully skeptical.
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Old 06-10-2008, 09:07 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I was itching to call BS. I'm glad this worked out nicely.

I wonder other gimmicks are going to come out of the woodwork now that saving gas is in vogue?

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Old 06-10-2008, 09:17 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Old 06-10-2008, 11:33 PM   #18 (permalink)
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^^^ lol how much I need one?


that guy was sneaky and I fear it will only be worse. I think I'll change my title to spam assassin!
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:00 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Wow, EPIC fail.

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