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- From: leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence LEONG)
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 12:07:27 GMT
- Subject: Re: The Gasaver: what's the deal
- Message-ID: <53110037@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Singapore
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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
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- In rec.autos.tech, Todd O'Connor <todd_oconnor@taligent.com> writes:
-
- |On the same theory as the "Gasaver" liquid is one that I saw at the local flea
- |market. You install this small plug-in device between your distributor cap and coil
- |wire. It supposedly increases your power, improves mileage, and some other really
- |outrageous things that I can't remember now. (oh yea, you can start the car, in
- |this case a V-8 with half, or more, of the sparkplug wires disconnected) Anyone
- |seen or heard of this?
-
- Sounds like "Cheetah 911". Costs S$140 here (approx US$88). Claims you can
- save 10% fuel, increase power, lower engine operating temp (hmm, starting to
- sound fishy) etc. Of course, no money back if all of these don't work. But,
- this gadget is advertised to be approved by all sorts of automotive
- engineering authorities, and is supposed to be a best seller in USA. Anyone
- heard of this?
-
- they had a demo setup with 2 spark plugs, with a wimpy spark from the "normal"
- plug, and a strong sizzling spark from the "assisted" one. The sales guy
- couldn't give any tech details but it looks like some capacitive circuit in
- this gizmo. He also refused to let me look at the insides of his demo box.
- I wonder why.
-
-
- lawrence
-