Smokey Yunick did something similar on a Pontiac Fiero more than 20 years ago. http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=04862859&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D11%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526co1%3DAND%2526d%3DPTXT%2526s1%3D4862859%2526OS%3D4862859%2526RS%3D4862859&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page -Steve- ----- Original Message ----- From: "RetroRalph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AMC-List" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 1:02 AM Subject: [Amc-list] Vapor Fuel Technology >A local engineer Ray Bushnell near Portland I developing a device that uses >gasoline and it is preheated using the heated engine coolant and >temperature sensors and warmed air intake some is diverted to the vaporizer >chamber with the gasoline and is fed on to the manifold and a mixture of >vapor and intake air is fed thru the intake system. > > Supposedly they get the best effective mixing air and fuel and they get > the same power as a regular engine but get 30% better economy and it > shrinks the carbon footprint on their test vehicle which is a 2006 Ford > F-150 ext cab pickup. > > Until the engine is warmed it runs on the regular FI system or carb > system. It says it may be availble next year on some new car models or as > a retrofit for older cars. > > The short story and decent illustration of the device is on page C-1 or > first page of the business section in today's Oregonian newspaper. 30% is > a decent improvement. I wonder how it would do on an older higher > compression V8 engine. Maybe better than a water injector over the > existing 4v carburetor, huh? If it improves economy 30% in a fuel > injected engine it might make a bigger difference in my 69 AMX or and old > 83 GMC Suburban. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080613/c234d69b/attachment.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list