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i got the best gas miles tips. I own a 1986 dodge with a 318 what i did what cut
have the intake off and plug it the left 4 cylinders timed it and put a small 2 barrel on it in my ram truck i can run 17 gallons gas 2 gallons used filtered oil. i get 35 miles a gallon on the highway. Maybe like some valves used inside the intake so you can alternate between 4 and 8 cylinders? ill take some pictures!! i once new a guy who had a once cylinder 200 horse engine that was really weird wasnt rotary or combustion but he put it in a kit car and could get 100 miles on the highway i think i have some pictures ill have to scan on my computer |
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Just an idea????????????
This has somthing to do with a S. King novel right?
It is the right state. |
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some of its true but the rest is just bull. These are vintage cars not hybrids **** the gas mileage haha. It does suck i own a motorhome with a big block in it. IT SUCKS but these are vintage cars forgetabuot it. but the part with the 200 horse motor in a kit car is true look it up.
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Good tips guys thanks with these gas prices i will take all the gas milage i can get
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I've doubled my gas milage in both my Ford (sorry ) 390 and a Mope 440 since ascribing to the negative gravitational theory of automotive motion. It works with most any car, turning what was once a guzzler into a lean mass of perpetual motion. Actually, the heavier the car, the more mass, the more cylinders the better. It's hard to believe, but once you're all set up, you can actually get more mileage out of your big block than a bike!
And right now - for a limited time - For only 35.00 - I'll show you how you too can go downhill for almost free! |
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Let me guess....shift into neutral and shut off the engine right...ooops i think i just gave away your $35 tip...sorry
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In a word .... it is HUMIDITY that makes everything "work". When the fine stream/fog of water hits the hot intake manifold and ports ... it makes the air-fuel mixture go way humid. And in that humid-condition ...you can run more timing in the motor and actually make a tad more power. Plus the humidity cleans the ports and backs of valves and the combustion chambers over time. Just like steam-cleaning. I will for-sure have a system on my motorhome that obviously has a large water supply ..on board. Running out-of-water is a major concern ... if the motor combo depends on it. Then there is the situation of running a heavy alky mix ....to make more-than-a-tad more power. I have no experience with this. |
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D-oh!! Yes you did.
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oh ok lol it sounds interesting, you dont have to wory about the cylinder walls rusting?? i just had my sled rebuilt and the upper cylinder walls were lined with rust due to the turbo not having a proper filter system, snow enters yadda yadda, and rust...
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this is a '68 318 30 over from a Duster, dumped into a Valiant (trust me guys, this girl loves it, but she needs help, and I am NO auto mechanic). I picked up the Don Taylor "How to Rebuild Small-Block Mopar Engines" and she has become my new hobby, but the book says nothing about a spark plug wire that won't behave. Just wondering if anyone can suggest why this stupid spark plug wire keeps coming undone....the other 7 appear to be fine....could it just be something as simple as a faulty wire? The wires that were on her had been there for the 5 years she sat and rusted, and as soon as I changed it this has become a problem. I don't know if there is a standard way to number the spark plugs, but this one is on the drivers side, closest to the windshield...it's at a crappy angle, but I shouldn't have any problems putting a wire on. I have Googled this question until I am blue in the face-Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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I would replace all the wires. You siad they havent been replaced in 5 years? Just get a set of Accel, you can get the universal and cut them to a custom legnth. They wont fall off then.
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Sorry, I wasn't clear. I did replace the wires. The problem didn't begin until after I changed them. The ones that were on for the 5 years it sat didn't have this problem. |
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real tight on the spark plug tip. Thats all I can think of, usually the rubber boot holds the wire onto the plug. |
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Thanks Rigor....I kind of thought it was a problem with the wire itself...I don't remember what brand I bought but it probably wasn't made in America.
I just wanted to make sure no one had heard of this as a problem with something else before I tried that. I'll try your suggestion, I'm sure it will do the trick! |
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Just making a note, I just hit 24 mpg tonight with my 2000 Grand Caravan, first time it's done that since I drove it to Florida when I first got it in early 2001.
I didn't change my driving style much, just cruised easy, also it was a round trip from my gas station to taking my daughter out to eat, then returning in just under 100 miles. I was thinking the ole minivan would never do that well again, but it goes to show all the stop and go, plus idling to warm up makes a difference! BTW, it has just over 112,000 miles at this writing. |
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My 1994 Voyager 2.5L gets 23 mpg on short trips, and as high as 27 mpg on long trips. Always at 55mph. At interstate speeds mileage drops to 19 mpg.
Easy on the throttle and slower speeds trying to keep the rpms around 2,000 seems to me the key to good fuel economy. |
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This relates to a question about water injection, if you go back to the top of this page: Quote:
If you run out of water, you simply get a little bit more air. It's never going to be enough to run the engine lean. I found I got maybe 1.5mpg improvementwith one of these systems years ago. |
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I dont remember seeing tire size on here? Stay close to stock on the tire size bigger heavier tires and wheels means more power used to turn the wheel which means more fuel
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Turn the car of down hills
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I completely agree with downshifting especially! its like some of these vehicles are designed to drink up gas when they could drive differently. My wife hates the way I shift her rav 4 automatic 4spd . but it wants to bog higher gears with the throttle burried in the floor, killing mpg! if you don't believe look at a car with a computer that reads your mpg in real time. Watch it read out as you change driving styles. you will see this is correct. thankz all |
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economy
Just wanted to add that a vaporizer carb can get 200mpg. but don't make one or they'll kill you!
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