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Old 06-05-2012, 11:32 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Hold on, I think I got the op's post all wrong..... The magnets stick to the front of your car and hold you to that truck you've been drafting too close to
I bet we could test out the same amount of current an HHO generator needs on electromagnets at the front, and see some real gains!
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Old 08-09-2012, 10:50 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I've seen some very interesting perpetual motion machines that use magnets. Perhaps one of those could be mounted on a car's flywheel.
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I've seen some very interesting perpetual motion machines that use magnets. Perhaps one of those could be mounted on a car's flywheel.
If you used this perpetual motion machine to power an HHO generator you could probably gain like 70 MPG without even trying. I guarantee it. And it would grow your **** by almost double.
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OP did a poor job......

But this gives the Unicorns something to do?
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Funny the first thing my google popped up was this Fuel saving gadgets - a professional engineer's view
Which was bashing fuel line magnets

the second one was this
Looking For A Miracle: We Test Automotive 'Fuel Savers' - Popular Mechanics
again bashing it

The third link was wikipedia!
Why didn't you change the article to aid your argument?

The fourth is the Federal Trade commision
again not a positive light.

So how many links did it take you to support your claim?
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Electric cars run on magnets, "ice" cars run on fuel.
Trying to combine the two forces by applying magnetic force to the fuel is nothing more than imaginative, no harm in that.
If it works for some, it is the belief in the magnet's abilities that actually causes the gains.
So they do work ! if you try really really hard.
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i suppose if you got some magnets into your fuel lines you would use less gas! i've heard sugar also works.
The only reason the vehicle uses less fuel is the magnets restrict the flow of fuel by blocking a portion of the crossectional area of the fuel line where its installed. Of course all bets are off when the car is traveling in a direction that places the installed magnets in such a position the magnet is 180 degrees out of phase with the earths magnetic field. I think most people already knew that.....
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The only reason the vehicle uses less fuel is the magnets restrict the flow of fuel by blocking a portion of the crossectional area of the fuel line where its installed. Of course all bets are off when the car is traveling in a direction that places the installed magnets in such a position the magnet is 180 degrees out of phase with the earths magnetic field. I think most people already knew that.....
I am so confused are you sure the EARTH has something to do with it???????????????
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That makes as much sense as the government printing more money to pay the loans it is defaulting on...u know?
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I have magnets on the fuel lines of 2 vehicles...my gas furnace...and water lines. Can I say for sure that they do anything? No. Have not been set up to do detailed testing.

Just like with politics and investing...opinions on magnets are 50-50?

Plenty of "poopers" out there ready to take a dump on anything?

Most of the fuel line magnets for sale use weak ceramic magnets that I can buy retail for ~$1. I use neos.

I now have a car/SG where I COULD do an A-B-A test with fuel line magnets...but I've got better things to do....too much trouble to remove them and put them back.

I no longer argue that much about politics or anything else...I just try to apply what I think I know to my own life...as in "live and let die".

But here is a link to the GREATEST KNOWN DEPOSITORY OF MAGNETIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE PLANET.....

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Funny the first thing my google popped up was this Fuel saving gadgets - a professional engineer's view
Which was bashing fuel line magnets

the second one was this
Looking For A Miracle: We Test Automotive 'Fuel Savers' - Popular Mechanics
again bashing it

The third link was wikipedia!
Why didn't you change the article to aid your argument?

The fourth is the Federal Trade commision
again not a positive light.

So how many links did it take you to support your claim?

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