Extreme Fuel Economy And The Classic Car

A look at the mythical hyper-miler carburetors and the conspiracies surrounding them, engines that run on vapors, and Smokey's adiabatic hot vapor concept that may still revolutionize the internal combustion engine. When is a turbocharger not a turbocharger
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[edbeck]

Some guy has a YouTube video how he made a V8 get 45 mpg using a lawn mower carb. I don't think he was being totally honest in the video. He was driving the car, but it didn't seem to have any power/acceleration.
Like Tony said the carb is just the metering device.
Although from the comments a lot of people believed it.

[captmack]

He knows how to make a 100mpg carb, he just cannot tell us because he knows that they'll disappear him. So he makes this video. Smart man.

[jamesscholz]

I had a 100 mpg carburetor. It was on a 50cc four speed moped(like what they drive in India). Topped out at 43 mph. It was so much fun

[gregsteele]

My great-uncle used a 1953 carburetor that was sitting in his office for ten years ( a customer wanted it rebuilt but never picked it back up), installed it in a 1980s Plymouth Reliant K-car, tested numerous times at FIFTY-FOUR MPG. (At 60 mph highway speeds) and almost 50 mpg on back roads. It was pretty gutless, but still!

[edlawrence]

To get maximum efficiency from any engine optimum fuel to air mixture with completely vaporized and burned fuel are necessary, I modified a 440 mopar in a motorhome that was getting 5mpg on gasoline to propane. I increased the compression to 12:1, stainless valves, special cam and maxed out the timing, not only did it increase the hp but now I do 8+ mpg, cleaner exhaust and less than half the price of gas here in Canada.

[creativerecycling]

So, I was enthralled with this idea back in the 70’s. I had a Chevy Malibu with a 194-6. I acquired a Rochester 1-bbl from a stationary engine. I had accumulated a stash of main jets and started leaning it out a bit at a time. The short story is that it couldn’t get out of its own way… and… I burned 4 exhaust valves. All with no improvement in mpg. To make power, you need to burn fuel!

[mikekokomomike]

The story was the guy that invented the 100 mpg carburetor for his 70 Coupe DeVille was either bought off or rubbed out by the evil petroleum industry. Anyone remember cow magnets for your fuel line to increase mileage? Don't forget about the spacer you could mount under the carburetor with swirl inducing projections, or a simple piece of screen wire across the bore.

[johngilmour]

I have been in love with the automobile for 84 years, And I have learned so much more just from experiencing your programs, Thank You So Much!
John from Toronto Canada!

[xlx]

Thanks for the description of Smokey's engine, I remember reading about it years ago and wondered how he did it. If I recall right, he used a Buick V-6 and disabled three cylinders. He had two turbo's on it, and was getting something like 60mpg. The article didn't go into detail how the system worked or why the need for the turbos.

[RedneckHillbilly-homd]

Uncle Tony be careful man you know what they did to that guy.

[hughbarton]

The description of a carb as "a mechanical computer" makes the whole system's operation blindingly clear!
I always appreciate your knowledge and ability to educate, but this video might just be the best one yet. Thanks, Uncle Tony.

[blumobean]

I am 76 years old, and these tales have been around most of my life. People said tires should last 100, 000 miles, and engines 1, 000, 000 miles. I simply asked how long would they last wrapped around a rim.

[JimNapaCA]

Great video! I had a 1976 chev 3/4ton with a 454. I changed the jets and metering rods. And with no loss of power went from 16mpg to 22mpg!

[bobganshaw]

Tony you've done it, taken a subject I couldn't care less about and made in interesting. This is a good one.

[chnokillz]

Actually in the beginning the "Otto Cycle " engine was intended to run on vapor, gasoline came along and gave them an ez way to supply fuel. But bottom line is you have to turn any liquid fuel into
a vapor before it can burn, that's why your propane fed IC engines have a coolant heated vaporizer to flash the liquid LP to vapor or you would just have a hunk of ice shortly because LP boils at -44 deg. f. Not an issue with gasoline.

[Retread]

One of my favorite channels. Always a depth of knowledge, never just infotainment, I always learn about how something works and why rather just than blind faith (I could probably crack a book open too, but what would be the fun in that). There is a young blood on another channel just trying to run a car on a lawnmower carburetor. It's working surprisingly well. He is just doing to see if it works and will be checking mileage soon. Much like going from a 4 barrel to a single barrel carburetor. I have to find the link. My point being he is like an Uncle Tony proteget. Brilliant work as always Tony.

[What_do_say_think]

I read an article about a guy that designed a carb for a V8 that got 57 mpg. he was a retired GM engineer and I guess they had a court ase against him because he designed it while working for GM. Long story short, they won.

[chuckthebull]

This was very informative.. just the notion that the engine wants what it wants is a good concept to get across..With my sunbeam i changed the gear ratios by installing a Toyota five speed trans to replace the 4 speed that had really high revs and i changed out the rear to a higher ratio as well..i went from factory (when new) of 27mpg to up to 35 and even 40 on highway. engine runs at 3k at 75mph now and much more comfortable highway speeds.

[bobfangio]

In racing there was no one else that could bend, stretch, exploit, as well as occasionally break the rules like Smokey Yunick. He was the Leonardo Da Vinci of cheating, an absolute genius.(also one hell of an entertaining character) I remember reading about a test of a car with Smokey's adiabatic engine, the first thing they noticed was how many squeaks and rattles it had along with a noisy exhaust leak which seemed to be trying to cover a ton of knock, but the thing did run.

[collinstiernagle]

I love this series. I hope you keep doing more. I find that maximizing efficiency excites my ADHD.