<VV> If the General says...

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Garth, there have been rumors that GM hid a carb like this for years.  I 
don't remember the exact details but Jim posted once about an older 
engineer at Rochester who had a 50 era Rochester 2 barrel mounted on a 
plaque with a sign this was the carb GM was hiding.  Maybe Jim can repost 
with the real story.

Fuel only has so much energy.  Gas is most efficient at 14.6 parts air to 1 
part gas (by weight I think).  You could get a little better mileage but 
running a little more lean but drivability would suffer.  To make a carb 
which would take a 20 mpg automobile to 60 mpg all you would need to is re 
jet it to 45/1 ratio.  Don't think you would ever get the engine 
started.  There is no way you could get 3x the mileage by doing anything to 
the carb.

dp

At 08:27 PM 4/17/2005, Garth Stapon wrote:
>Dennis:
>
>Please tell me that this is modern folklore.
>
>If a product that could accomplish these goals it would be criminal to keep
>it away from the public.
>
>Why would GM ever pay a CAFE fine if this was true?
>
>LATE POWER GLIDE SEDANS RULE
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis & Debbie Pleau" <ddpleau at earthlink.net>
>To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:08 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> If the General says...
>
>
> > Jim Burkhart who occasionally posts to this list has seen that carb.  It
>is
> > on a desk art Delphi Electronics (formerly Rochester Carbs).  It's a huge
> > conspiracy, the oil companies didn't want this carb to get on the market
>so
> > of course the general hid it.  It must be some great carb as it can triple
> > the energy  content of gas.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > At 12:27 PM 4/17/2005, Ron wrote:
> > >Sure, we've heard about 85 mpg carburetors and other pie-in-the-sky
>scams,
> > >but we were smart enough to laugh it off.
> > >RonH
> > >
> > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Kubin" <dreamwoodck at yahoo.com>
> > >To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > >Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:09 AM
> > >Subject: <VV> If the Genral says...
> > >
> > >
> > >>==== if the General thought 2 YHs were better than
> > >>one, they
> > >>would have  don it themselves and since they didn't it
> > >>can't work. =====
> > >>
> > >>C'mon, Dennis!!!  There are tons of things out there
> > >>that work like gangbusters and didn't end up on the
> > >>production line.  You've heard of 85 mpg carbs,
> > >>haven't you? Some things aren't practical, some things
> > >>are engineering or political compromise, and some
> > >>things just won't squeeze the consumer's dime until
> > >>Roosevelt craps out 9 cents.
> > >>Back in high school, a friend of mine mounted twin
> > >>Corvair turbos on a 421 in a GTO. Worked good.
> > >>Couldn't keep it clutches, rear ends or drive shafts
> > >>without a lot of experimenting. The General might have
> > >>tried it, but you didn't see it in your average Monza.
> > >>
> > >>Chuck Kubin