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Ken Cooke
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A money $aver for our Baja travels?
I have been reading about the Fitch Fuel Catylist, and for $175.00, I wonder how long it would take to pay for itself if it truly provides a 1 to 2.5
m.p.g. savings by re-refining the gasoline pumped into it. Hmm. Any opinions?
http://www.fitchcatalyst.com/automobiles.php
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CaboRon
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Just send me the $ 175- I can make better use of it as long as you are throwing money away 
Didn't they sell these at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the sixtys when gas was pushing past 30 cents a gallon ?
CaboRon
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by CaboRon]
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Diver
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Ronco says it is guaranteed to meet or exceed the cars current performance.
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BMG
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I guess my thought is if it does increase mileage as much as 1 - 2.5 mpg. why haven't the auto manufacturers jumped on it? They are under tremendous
pressure to increase mileage on all their cars and trucks. Put me down as skeptical.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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bancoduo
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This one works for me
Try it, 50-50 blend. Sparkletts water works best. Just pour it into the gas tank and drive away. 
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by bancoduo]
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Barry A.
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I am embarrassed to tell you how many of these "ideas" I have tried over the years-----------NONE have worked!!!
My unkle had a "water injection system" on his 1953 Pontiac---------and he was an autoparts saleman and a hydraulic engineer----------it did NOT work
(tho it did not seem to hurt anything).
My experience: stock is best, generally speaking.
Barry
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mexuk
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Fuel its a Joke
i dont know what you all have to moan about the price of fuel for try paying what we pay in the uk $2.67 USD per litre thats litre not gallon thats
10.68 USD per gallon
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by mexuk]
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
by re-refining the gasoline |
I saw this in the quote on the site:
"the fuel is treated with the catalyst on board the vehicle, re-refining the fuel to its most optimal state"
Saying the fuel is being "re-refined" is misleading and untrue.
Beware of "cures" due to gas price "sticker shock". As long as I was involved with the gasoline industry there were always (the "latest") "miracle"
products that simply were snake oil being sold to take advantage of the uneducated/uninformed consumer.
Today due to the price of gas on the street, the picking is ripe for such - and I'm seeing quite a few "miracle" solutions out there right now.
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Doug
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BajaNomad
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Now if you were wanting to refit a diesel to run as a "grease car", now that's a different story.
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mexuk
i dont know what you all have to moan about the price of fuel for try paying what we pay in the uk $2.67 USD per litre thats litre not gallon thats
10.68 USD per gallon
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by mexuk] |
Yeah, but you have all that great weather.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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MrBillM
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Burning Water
Water Injection has been used to boost performance in a variety of Military and Civilian engines dating back to pre-WWII days with mixed success. I
once had a "Hot-Rodding" book covering the 40s-50s that showed examples of Drag-Strip Water Injection equipment. Because the technique had a
historical basis made it "seem" logical to the victims of later scams.
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mexuk
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BMG
| Quote: | Originally posted by mexuk
i dont know what you all have to moan about the price of fuel for try paying what we pay in the uk $2.67 USD per litre thats litre not gallon thats
10.68 USD per gallon
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by mexuk] |
Yeah, but you have all that great weather. |
sorry i forgot about that the rain more rain then snow then more rain then high winds yeah we are lucky i suppose
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Barry A.
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-----besides, you can't drive very far on an island, can you?
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mexuk
i dont know what you all have to moan about the price of fuel for try paying what we pay in the uk $2.67 USD per litre thats litre not gallon thats
10.68 USD per gallon
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by mexuk] |
yeah, and some of our STATES are bigger than your little island/country! i drive 186 miles one way to work, spend four nights there and commute 186
miles home for the weekend.
maybe your mass transit is so easily accessible to travel to the corners of U.K. that 's why you don't mind paying $10/gal.
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David K
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I added a simple water injection system to my Subaru back in the 70's and found that it actually helped with raising the octane so I could run on NOVA
(remember that 79 octane stuff from Pemex?)... and it worked!
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postholedigger
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mexuk
| Quote: | Originally posted by BMG
| Quote: | Originally posted by mexuk
i dont know what you all have to moan about the price of fuel for try paying what we pay in the uk $2.67 USD per litre thats litre not gallon thats
10.68 USD per gallon
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by mexuk] |
Yeah, but you have all that great weather. |
sorry i forgot about that the rain more rain then snow then more rain then high winds yeah we are lucky i suppose |
collect the ample rain and get a water injection system 
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David K
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mexuk, don't get scared off from Nomad... You will be challenged... !
As said before, America & Mexico are BIG countries that require lots of driving... it's big open country in most of our land... not cities with
mass transit.
There will be an urgency for the U.S. to become energy independent (again)... as we have the third largest oil reserves in the world... if only we
could get it (politicians).
Also, the government here takes about 50 cents per gallon (and produce nothing)... and the BIG oil companies take about 10 cents... the rest is going
to where have have to buy our oil!
The first step is demanding our governments stop lining their pockets with our money that we need to make a living and pay taxes! Next, drill to give
us our oil... in our territory...
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Barry A.
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David K---------RIGHT ON, DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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gringette
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yea, but the UK has national healthcare. something we don't. i imagine some of those fuel taxes go for that, yea?
setting sun deals bands of gold; there\'s velvet in eyes in mexico.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by gringette
yea, but the UK has national healthcare. something we don't. i imagine some of those fuel taxes go for that, yea? |
-------which makes no sense at all, economically speaking-----think about it (???).
Watch this video: http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=6587
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