Improving fuel economy
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*Avoid using exhaust crossover blockers. The hotter the intake air is, the better mileage it can get... of course at the expense of power. | *Avoid using exhaust crossover blockers. The hotter the intake air is, the better mileage it can get... of course at the expense of power. | ||
*On carbureted engines, sometimes people are not using the appropriate air/fuel mixture metering due to replacement carburetors. This results in greater fuel consumption than necessary. These same carburetors can be custom adjusted to a particular engine to operate at optimal performance, thus saving fuel. | *On carbureted engines, sometimes people are not using the appropriate air/fuel mixture metering due to replacement carburetors. This results in greater fuel consumption than necessary. These same carburetors can be custom adjusted to a particular engine to operate at optimal performance, thus saving fuel. | ||
| + | *Simple modifications to improve turbulence in-cylinder exist! One by Somender Singh, proven to work on old and new engines consists of a groove in the cylinder head. The groove improves burn qualities netting you reduced emissions, massively more low-end torque, reduced engine temp, reduced idle speed, better advance setting possible for max power due to reduced knock. All in all, better fuel and power at the same time. There have been ZERO reports of this mod not working as advertised. Even engines that were mistuned on purpose get a 6hp advantage. | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy Fuel Economy at Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy Fuel Economy at Wikipedia] | ||
*[http://www.gasbuddy.com/ GasBuddy.com] -- lowest gas price search | *[http://www.gasbuddy.com/ GasBuddy.com] -- lowest gas price search | ||
| + | *[http://www.somender-singh.com] -- instructions and theory of the groove | ||
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