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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
My favorite "gas saver" was the natural herbal pill you were supposed to drop in your gas tank and get 25-50% better mileage. It turned out they were moth balls imported from Mexico.
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
Pretty much like a Predator carb. Simple, yes. Fuel efficient, no.
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
You will be a lot closer with fuel injection. My '83 K20 started life with the base 350, 3.42 gears, 700R4. It got 14 mpg city and 17 highway. At 150,000 miles a cam lobe went down. I swapped in a stone stock L98 Corvette TPI engine. Now I get 17/19 mpg and the driveability is much improved. On a 305 you might get a touch better. TPI is really optomized for a 305. I had a 305/5-sp/3.54 IROC Camaro that got 17-18 city and 20-21 highway.
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
The O2 sensor setups are very common on "tuner" cars and referred to as widebands. Most common ones found are the AEM Uego and Innovate LC1. Autometer, NGK, and others also produce them. They are called widebands because they work on a 0-5v signal instead of the 'narrowband' 0-1v signal found in most oem setups. Some oem vehicles have widebands from the factory. I personally run the AEM Uego.
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
Well once I get my 350 Built and put in I will be experimenting with the 305 that I have and see just what kind of mileage I can pull out of it. My single and only focus on it will be fuel economy. If it turns out that it doesnt have enough power to pull around my 70' SWB then Ill just throw it in my CJ2A.
As far as fuel economy gimmics go I seen a little device that is sold at Best Buy recently that plugs into your cigarette lighter and is supposed to balance out your electrical system. I guess its kind of like a Monster Power Center for your home theater system in that it balances out all the static in your electrical system resulting in better spark and performance from your components ultimately leading to better mileage. Best part is the Price. Its $60 for this silly thing! ![]() |
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
never heard of it but I bet on most cars/trucks if they stopped all the fuel emissions and smog bs that cars would run better. get rid of half the crap under the hood and save people money.
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
maybe you can fab up your own plate to go on your existing intake with a few gaskets just to get the thing working good enough to test it..just a suggestion
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
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I figure if I run that fancy carb with hydrogen injection made from my alternator and the free water in my windshield washer fluid, an air kotex or vortex swirler thingy, 10 cow magnets stuck on the side of the carb, super duper 4 electrode spark plugs (indexed of course), and my balance magnet braclet should put me at ........... 653 miles per gallon. ![]() Last edited by 5150.4.67; 02-08-2011 at 01:25 AM. |
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
Maybe they should change the name. Something about the name makes me envision high consumption. You know...drinks like a fish?
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
good point....not exactly marketing genius to use the Fish name on a "low consumption" item....
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
Had a hellova time finding it on the website but here is my favorite of all the fuel savers Ive seen.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Fuel+Doc...ustomerreviews Last edited by blazerboy_4life; 02-08-2011 at 01:22 PM. |
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Re: Anybody ever heard of "Fish" Carburetors and their supposed 100+mpg??
I do still have it. Kinda cool and it looks like it would fit that adapter.
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