I’m not an expert on any of this but you wonder if all these guys are lying or not.
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“This information ties in with all the information from Stew Webb in our Youtube Channel at www.youtube.com/projectnsearch that while at Ford Motor company he was forced to destroy carburetors that were getting 45 mpg instead of the normal 13mpg on a heavy v8 vehicle! The plant manager told Stew that Ford was getting heat over the carburetors so they had to be removed and taken to the city dump and destroyed with a bull dozer while they watched! Please spread the word about the criminal US government that has intentionally kept this technology from the people! Spread this information everywhere! Todays cars should be getting hundreds of miles per gallon! It’s all a big joke and the joke is on us! Don’t trust anything the government tells you or that you see on the Fake News on TV!
April 15, 2011
High Mileage Carburetors
[ Many of us have heard that there were people years ago, back in the 60’s(?), who developed very efficient “carburetors”, that got 100 mpg or more. I do remember an article in Popular Mechanics back in the 1960’s which even got the cover photo for the month, telling about a guy who built a carburetor for his sedan which vaporized the fuel and enabled his V8 to get over 100 mpg. — editor, FEV ]
From Popular Science, December 1957, page 79:
“The fuel, of course, goes along in suspension.” “… Raw, indigestible fuel slobbers into the cylinders — into some more than others.” “… Slobbering engines are fuel hogs.”
“Gasoline in the liquid form does not even burn, much less, explode. Only the vapor that comes from the gasoline will burn. Therefore, to mix raw gasoline with air, and attempt to explode it in an internal combustion engine is a very wasteful, costly, and polluting practice. It also shortens the life of the engine and exhaust system.”
“Exceptional Mileage Claimed For New Carburetor”, Mass Transportation, December 1936, page 406.
This carburetor was the invention of Charles Nelson Pogue, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Pogue carburetor system received widespread news coverage in 1935 and 1936.
“Test made with passenger automobiles indicates that cars equipped with this new carburetor will operate 200 miles per gallon. Although the exceptional mileage is of greatest importance, the new carburetor is said to have many other advantages in the way of reducing maintenance.”
In the course of our research, we have personally interviewed several older citizens (from Canada and the U.S.) who remember the Pogue test and widespread publicity…. some were eyewitnesses.
“100 Miles On One Gallon Of Gas? Chicago Members Say It’s Possible” The Machinist, October 8, 1953 page 7.
This I.A.M. Lodge 48 member-inventor says 100- 400 miles per gallon of gasoline is indeed possible.”
inquiring minds...
Not exactly, but the extreme lean running engine will lack power and consume metals in the combustion chamber, burning valves and piston tops. Probably the best companion to lean-burn is water injection.
Carburetors are inherently inefficient, followed by the central intake manifold with unequal length runners. The best setup would be one small carb per cylinder, each with a long runner...and a way to heat the runners for vaporization.
It's true that fuel vapors burn better than atomized liquid, but the folly of the myth can be easily proven by asking the driver of a propane vehicle what he gets for mileage. That rig, of course, is a true vapor carburetor. If the allegation were true, he should be getting hundreds of miles per gallon.
The best fuel economy and performance can be achieved with a properly matched small displacement turbo engine. It will produce the power and torque when needed, and then revert to a small-displacement fuel miser once cruising speed is reached.
Rocklobster is correct - simple physics
If you desire 50 mpg buy a 1500lb deathtrap that does not accelerate.