I love reading about all the crazy devices we're sold to help our gas milage.
My absolute favorite is the Tornado. Its that little heavily advertised impeller that goes in your air intake and gives you "up to 24% better fuel economy and 15 horsepower"
when tested, it did nothing except reduce wallet thickness by 3 twenty dollar bills
My second favorite is that expensive magnet that wraps around your fuel line, supposedly breaking up the heavier molecular clumps in your fuel. Its even been shown to decrease milage!
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Location: McLean, VA, USA
Posted:
Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:20 am
When I was working in the industry, part of my job was testing those crazy devices. Not a single one showed any measurable improvement, and many of them did actually hurt either fuel economy, or power, or both.
If you think how much money and effort automakers put into increasing power and improving mileage, you would realize they would rush to use anything that gives real improvement along these lines.
“If something looks too good to be true, it probably is”
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