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Offline Russ

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #150 on: September 06, 2012, 11:47:00 AM »
Well...you got me there. ;D

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #151 on: September 06, 2012, 07:09:09 PM »
 :D :D :D

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #152 on: September 23, 2012, 03:04:57 PM »
I made me a cookie pan spoiler today.  it has rounded edges for safety  and it smells like aluminum cookies

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #153 on: September 23, 2012, 05:57:41 PM »
" FAIL".

Offline Ret.Bugtech

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #154 on: September 24, 2012, 08:51:42 AM »
I made me a cookie pan spoiler today.  it has rounded edges for safety  and it smells like aluminum cookies
Just think, A dozen Cookies by lunch time while parked in the sun at work. Munches on the way home. Yum Yum. ;D

Offline travisyoung

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #155 on: September 24, 2012, 10:42:45 AM »
Saw an ad on Craigslist about hydrogen injection? Supposed to double your has milage

Offline Ret.Bugtech

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #156 on: September 24, 2012, 11:10:00 AM »
Saw an ad on Craigslist about hydrogen injection? Supposed to double your has milage
I can see it now, A 940 Volvo "Hindenburg Model" :o :o

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #157 on: September 24, 2012, 11:28:53 AM »
Hydrogen systems actually work . . . but hydrogen can be dangerous stuff!  A little hydrogen and spark = a powerfull explosion.  The good news is, it's a clean explosion.  When hydrogen burns, it creates water.

Joy's uncle installed a hydrogen generator on his Toyota pickup.  He has an amp gauge on it . . . it draws about 15 amps when it's running.  It bumped up his milage about 3-4 mpg.  But, he forgot to turn it off when he turned his truck off one day and several minutes later he had a small exposion.  It blew the cap off the water tank for the hydrogen system off and put a dent in his hood and busted a plastic box on his intake system (between the air flow sensor and intake manifold).  I need to find him a relay and wire it in so it turns off with the switch before he blows the truck or himself up.   8)

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #158 on: September 24, 2012, 02:57:07 PM »
and if you burn magnesium... and then throw water (or beer that tastes like water) on to the magnesium fire, you can super heat the water and separate it into Hydrogen and Oxygen. The Oxygen joins up with the Magnesium... but that hydrogen...that hydrogen goes KAAAA BOOOOOM!!!! Its a clean burn alright...right through everything you own. I still have a step bumper and a set of useless folding chairs to prove it. The case savers hurt a little bit

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #159 on: September 24, 2012, 07:30:23 PM »
I really think I m gonna get mpg now.  The Volvo even drives better since. I have the same size tires on the back.  I pulled the speedo out this weekend.   Plugged in the solder iron.  Reheated the solder joints.   So far I think the speedo is fixed and the odometer.  Sc

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #160 on: September 24, 2012, 08:12:35 PM »
I really think I m gonna get mpg now.  The Volvo even drives better since. I have the same size tires on the back.  I pulled the speedo out this weekend.   Plugged in the solder iron.  Reheated the solder joints.   So far I think the speedo is fixed and the odometer.  Sc

you were doing all of these tests without an accurate way to track you mpg? That's brilliant!

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #161 on: September 24, 2012, 08:27:50 PM »
Thx Bignick.Since the odometer goes in and out ,  ive been recording that ,  then adding 50 to 100 miles so I show improvement/  Last tanks was 24.5 mpg

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #162 on: September 24, 2012, 09:04:15 PM »
I try to add 150-200. It really helps with my mileage.

Offline Russ

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #163 on: September 24, 2012, 09:05:52 PM »
Neat! I'm getting almost double your mileage. Imagine if I put a cookie sheet on my car!

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #164 on: September 24, 2012, 10:01:44 PM »
Neat! I'm getting almost double your mileage. Imagine if I put a cookie sheet on my car!

I think SC is on to something with the cookie sheets!  If I put my cookie sheets on my truck, I wouldn't have anything to bake cookies on . . . with less fresh baked cookies around to eat, I'd loose weight . . . with less weight to carry, my truck's milage would increase.   8)

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