What? Want Less Power?!

[ke70dave]

there is no greater way to save fuel than to avoid using your right foot.

 

how do you drive? are you are throttle stabber? or are you gentle and light with the throttle?

 

especially in carbys if you can avoid using the throttle pump on the carby by using gentle applications of the throttle then you will save petrol.

 

if you can get away with under 50% throttle then you are doing alright, revs don't matter so much, more so the load the engine is put under (your right foot).

 

alternatively, convert to efi, get a megasquirt ecu, and a wideband, tune the thing to within 1" of its life. then take out a bit more fuel...

 

run the throttle pump and enrichements on the absolute minimum to keep the engine driveable.

 

that will save you fuel!

[MaximusPsychosis]

ke70dave, yeah I try to drive like a granny, although I foot it when needed (some times to show off, the extra 300cc this motor had over the last one, really shows its power.. till the day of 4age..)

I used to drive it when the auto almost drops a gear, but I was told "no no no! when you load the motor like that, it burns more fuel!" which I started to add another 500-rpm to stop it growling, and keep my passenger happy.. and highway.. and truckies..

 

jono1986:

Ummm...have you ever looked under the bonnet of a car....From that reply somehow you've actually wasted the time it took for me to write replies plus this one......

 

um, trying to take a swing? sorry that its gone a little off-topic, it wasn't just me...

I'm not trying to ignore you man, it just looks like to me that you just want to stick to the hydrogen stuff, which as I've said, I don't like.. look here for starters: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/gas-mileage/4276846?series=19 also: you put more load on your car just to give a little back, thats thermal dynamics for you. This is why I, and others, take the piss out of it, and magnets..

 

As for the solar panel idea, why don't I make it 100% electric, and use the solar panels to charge the batteries? and hydrolysis in a jar? never liked it, and I have no way to store the brown gas...

[jono1986]

Wasn't taking a swing man.

 

 

Good luck with it.

Edited November 19, 2010 by jono1986

[JedzWagn]

I'd scour the self serve scrap yards & 'items for free' - threads, in other forums for a 4af carb motor.

 

There's heaps of them around & a lot of people are getting rid of them all the time.

 

Being a 4a series engine - the mounting points should be the same .. call around for prices - formulate a view of what's out there & what's a good deal.

 

no money? ... sort your money situation out first mate - priorities