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- From: harling@miki.pictel.com (Dan Harling)
- Subject: Re: The Gasaver: what's the deal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.214344.4887@miki.pictel.com>
- Sender: Dan Harling
- Organization: PictureTel Corporation
- References: <12130062@hpmwga.sr.hp.com> <53110037@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:43:44 GMT
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- In article <53110037@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence LEONG) writes:
- >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...
- >
- >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.
-
- It could be a number of things. It could be a capacitive circuit, or
- it could even be a wire with a wide gap in it, to produce higher peak
- voltages. MSD's ignition box fires several sparks in succession,
- instead of one big one.
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