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Old 03-27-2008, 12:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation Fuel Expansion System 70% Increase!!??

You all have to check this out. It looks suprisingly simple, I think I will need to build it and see if it works...who else want to give this a try! Thoughts??

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s...on.da139e.html

Let me know what you think?

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Old 03-27-2008, 12:17 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 03-27-2008, 12:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Be sure to watch the video, it shows the thingamajig working...???

"if I had a million dollars..."(possibly the song he sings in the shower?)
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Old 03-27-2008, 12:27 AM   #4 (permalink)
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and he was going up hill both ways

that reminds me about the story of the guy was repairing his gas tank, and wanted to get the fumes out so he stuck a vacuum cleaner hose in the neck and when the smoke cleared his tank and his vacuum cleaner were opened up like sardine cans.

what do they call those things with gasoline in a glass container, some kind of cocktail.

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Old 03-27-2008, 12:40 AM   #5 (permalink)
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x2 for BS

If vapor voodoo was the answer, CNG/LPG systems would show the same large increase in thermal efficiency - which they don't....
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Old 03-27-2008, 12:51 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Talk about running "on fumes"...

Here's the trick: "came up with the idea while recovering from a mining accident" -- I say a bit too many pain pills if ya know what I mean :/

Yeah, $1200 is a great price -- I'll take 2.

Must be another sloooowww news day in Idaho

...oh and CO was completely removed. Genius.

But if it's on the News, it has to be real right??? Sigh.

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Personally, I am a huge fan of the Back to the Future car that ran on table scraps. I bet he got a 71.5% increase in mpgs.

Everyday is a slow news day in Idaho!
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But if it's on the News, it has to be real right??? Sigh.
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Journalism doesnt deserve the high level of respect that it once did anymore.
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You and the mods don't want to know what I think.
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what do they call those things with gasoline in a glass container, some kind of cocktail.
Maltov cocktail? (is that how you spell it?)

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