WWDiesel wrote:
mrhemi wrote:
They missed the fuel line magnetometer that magnetizes the fuel flowing through it for better power and economy. Pure snake oil.
And injecting methanol mixed with H2O into the intake, Propane injection, and CAC (intercooler) misting systems, etc...
And there are a few more.
I know the Propane injection works for power, not sure it helps any economy wise. I have driven a Dodge Cummins truck with the Propane injection system installed and the power gains were quite impressive.
Me too, Most of the posts on 'improvement' in economy hardly ever include the amount of propane being burnt..
When diesel got really high priced for off road use a couple years ago, we added a couple of propane injectors on a couple of my Cummins power units. (5.9 mechanicals) I was told to bring the engine up to operating speed and load, then turn on the propane. Then dial back on the diesel until it was running at my original rpm.
THAT summer, I replaced 'some' $4 dollar diesel with 0.84 cent propane I'd say it took about 1.5 gallons of propane to eliminate 1 gallon of diesel. Another way I looked at it; instead of burning 5.5 gallons of diesel an hour, ( $22.00) I was burning about 4 gallons of diesel, plus 2 gallons of propane) so bout $17.75 per hour. Hey, it saved me about 90 bucks a day on each unit.
Last year, my off road diesel was running about 1.25 a gallon, and propane was 1.10... It was cheaper to run pure diesel; never opened the valve!