Pogue Vapour Carburettor - snake oil or something that actually worked?

[RolfGolf]

This is fascinating:

Pogue Carburetor, 'Gasoline Vapor Maker' Increase Mileage - Sepp Hasslberger

Makes you wonder ...

Something else along similar lines:

High mileage car. 376 mpg! - YouTube

[Guest001]

This should answer your questions


snopes.com: Miracle Carburetor

and here

http://www.mikebrownsolutions.com/fish3.htm

[RolfGolf]

So the carb is dodgy?

That doesn't explain the Opel made by Shell though:

“Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine” (ISBN 0-470-99132-1) On page 42 Shell Oil quotes the President of General Motors, he, in 1929, predicted 80 MPG by 1939. Between pages 221 and 223 Shell writes of their achievements: 49.73 MPG around 1939; 149.95 MPG with a 1947 Studebaker in 1949; 244.35 MPG with a 1959 Fiat 600 in 1968; 376.59 MPG with a 1959 Opel in 1973."

If they did that then, what the hell happened?

[Guest001]

So the carb is dodgy?

That doesn't explain the Opel made by Shell though:

“Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine” (ISBN 0-470-99132-1) On page 42 Shell Oil quotes the President of General Motors, he, in 1929, predicted 80 MPG by 1939. Between pages 221 and 223 Shell writes of their achievements: 49.73 MPG around 1939; 149.95 MPG with a 1947 Studebaker in 1949; 244.35 MPG with a 1959 Fiat 600 in 1968; 376.59 MPG with a 1959 Opel in 1973."

If they did that then, what the hell happened?

"If they did that then." Exactly

[Guest001]

So the carb is dodgy?

That doesn't explain the Opel made by Shell though:

“Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine” (ISBN 0-470-99132-1) On page 42 Shell Oil quotes the President of General Motors, he, in 1929, predicted 80 MPG by 1939. Between pages 221 and 223 Shell writes of their achievements: 49.73 MPG around 1939; 149.95 MPG with a 1947 Studebaker in 1949; 244.35 MPG with a 1959 Fiat 600 in 1968; 376.59 MPG with a 1959 Opel in 1973."

If they did that then, what the hell happened?

Shell Opel

[RolfGolf]

Shell Opel

I guess there are some pretty drastic changes to that car, but 80 mpg as a confident prediction from the head of General Motors back in 1929 makes me wonder - was the guy just smoking too much crack or what?

[Guest001]

I guess there are some pretty drastic changes to that car, but 80 mpg as a confident prediction from the head of General Motors back in 1929 makes me wonder - was the guy just smoking too much crack or what?

There was a lot of confident predictions the world would end two weeks ago as well.

Might have been just before he jumped out a window when the original GFC hit LOL