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Chuck Brush (Chuckbrush)
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Username: Chuckbrush
Post Number: 27
Registered: 1-2007
Posted From: 152.163.100.138
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:36 pm: | |
A lister on EBay claims that because he made a simple engine modification his bus gets 12-14 MPG. I figure he must have put injectors in that pump less fuel for any given stroke, like having a smaller diameter piston in them. What are the limits to this type of tuning? Obviously we don't want to have to back up a hill because reverse is the lowest gear we have and it won't make it in first.
Chuck |
Douglas Wotring (Tekebird)
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Username: Tekebird
Post Number: 90
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 69.136.90.146
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:57 pm: | |
Chuck, your reverse is going to be taller than 1st......just shy of 2nd
I don't buy 12 out of a fishbowl. |
Douglas Wotring (Tekebird)
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Username: Tekebird
Post Number: 91
Registered: 10-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:57 pm: | |
maybe canadian gallons |
jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
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Username: Jim_morrison
Post Number: 76
Registered: 11-2006
Posted From: 72.142.29.218
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:55 am: | |
we use liters not gallons sorry , and don't ask how do ya convert them to gallons lol |
Charles Seaton (Charles_seaton)
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Username: Charles_seaton
Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2006
Posted From: 170.28.136.41
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 8:57 am: | |
Can't see getting much higher that 9-10 with gentle driving of a stick. |
larry currier (Larryc)
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Username: Larryc
Post Number: 8
Registered: 2-2007
Posted From: 207.200.116.13
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 12:04 pm: | |
Could he have restricted the fuel return slightly? |
larry currier (Larryc)
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Username: Larryc
Post Number: 9
Registered: 2-2007
Posted From: 207.200.116.13
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 12:10 pm: | |
Could he have used a slightly smaller restriction on the fuel return line? |
Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
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Username: Bob_greenwood
Post Number: 642
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 64.136.49.228
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 12:13 pm: | |
more than likely,he really wants to sell it & is lieing about the fuel mileage |
K.J. Franklin (Slow_rider)
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Username: Slow_rider
Post Number: 12
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 68.50.146.121
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 3:54 pm: | |
This bus has been listed previously and he was asked how he got that kind of mileage. His reply was that it had extra injectors installed. That because of this the engine was never starved for fuel and it actually increased the mileage. Take it for what you will.
Frank |
Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
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Username: Bob_greenwood
Post Number: 643
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 64.136.49.228
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:07 pm: | |
B/S |
Douglas Wotring (Tekebird)
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Username: Tekebird
Post Number: 94
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 69.136.90.146
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:48 pm: | |
extra injectors would use more fuel.
a finite ammount of fuel can be burned in said cyl.....the rest gets shot right out the exhaust.
guy is full of shit trying to sell a fishbowl ( small very small market) |
Dale Waller (Happycampersrus)
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Username: Happycampersrus
Post Number: 295
Registered: 7-2005
Posted From: 69.19.14.43
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 6:42 pm: | |
"( small very small market)"
Most any bus on ebay sold to someone to convert is a very small market. LOL.
I have throw the BS flag. No way he can get that kinda milage out of a fishbowl (standard or automatic). I have a 74 Fishbowl and the absolute best I ever got was 8mpg with 6v92/V730 4 1/8 gears and small injectors.
I would like to know how you add extra injectors in a 2 stroke diesel head!! I have worked on these engines since the 70's and have never seen "extra injectors". |
Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
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Username: Bob_greenwood
Post Number: 645
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 64.136.49.228
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 7:12 pm: | |
the extra injector...is when some sucker bends over |
John MC9 (John_mc9)
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Username: John_mc9
Post Number: 172
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 66.217.107.182
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 7:54 pm: | |
Hey Bob?
HAR de HAR HAR!! |
Chuck Brush (Chuckbrush)
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Username: Chuckbrush
Post Number: 28
Registered: 1-2007
Posted From: 152.163.100.138
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 10:29 pm: | |
I thought BS also. A lot of really clever people have been tinkering with Detroits for a lot of years. Of course he might have put a couple of those fuel polarizing magnets in series on the inlet side.
Chuck |
Chuck Lott (Chuckmc8)
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Username: Chuckmc8
Post Number: 205
Registered: 5-2004
Posted From: 74.224.206.164
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 7:36 am: | |
my MCI gets 10 mpg...7 in forward and 3 in reverse |
john w. roan (Chessie4905)
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Username: Chessie4905
Post Number: 478
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 71.58.117.21
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:11 pm: | |
Cutting the fuel back in a detroit isn't going to help fuel mileage much, unless the injectors were too big to begin with. Less fuel and you have to push the throttle down more to maintain speed, as the torque is lower. If he had a vs2-8 or vs2-6 Overdrive trans- he could get 12mpg running at reasonable speeds on relatively flat terrain. Some of the people with 06 and 4905 claim they get over 10. Small injectors and cruising at 1400 or 1500 and 2 valve head and std. timing might do it. |