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magnets on fuel line
<snatches bottle from XS11E and takes an enormous swig - this must be potent
stuff, after all> |
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On 2006-07-18, Lanny Chambers > wrote:
> In article >, > XS11E > wrote: > >> Not another ignorant goat sacrificer? Don't you people know you have >> to sacrifice sheep? > > Depends on the entity to whom you're making the sacrifice. If you trust > in angels and other things that wear white robes, go ahead and try > sheep. But if you want real results, draw that pentagram and round up > some goats. But not until after they're finished eating dry underbrush in what I thought was a rather amusing attempt to control wildfires. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! .. I want FORTY-TWO at TRYNEL FLOATATION SYSTEMS visi.com installed within SIX AND A HALF HOURS!!! |
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"Eric Baber" > wrote in
: > <snatches bottle from XS11E and takes an enormous swig - this must > be potent stuff, after all> Not my work, did you see the "Witten by Benjum, Prophet of Boojum" part? You can see more of this guy's particular dementia he http://www2.arkansas.net/~sws1/ Browse around and you might read about a sad experience with.... Another Broken Gun http://www2.arkansas.net/~sws1/heck-kot.htm The guy is really weird but he can write pretty doggone well! Personally, I don't think he's weird enough to think that putting magnets on the fuel line would help anything.... |
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XS11E wrote:
> Lanny Chambers wrote: >> Depends on the entity to whom you're making the sacrifice. > > The great Boojum, of course. > > Boojum - (aka Boojum-Under-The-Rock) is the One True God(tm), all other > gods are utterly false, and all other religions are crap. (snippage) Actually, I prefer the Flying Spaghetti Monster http://www.venganza.org/index.htm Our heaven is way cooler than yours. <g> Iva & Belle.) '90B Classic Red.) #3 winkin' Miata |
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:29:57 -0400, Nobody >
wrote: >Barry, you have too much "coolant" in your cooling system > >the water is what removes the heat, >the coolant protects the engine from the water > >and you are getting less airflow because of the blockage of the front plate > >1. more water, less coolant in your next replacement (to 70-80% water) > >2. bend the plate corners to direct some air flow rather than flat to the >wind /\ > >3. get one of those swing up license plate mounts (diy now ? (see >miata.net)) i *am* contemplating that. i've seen them before. >4. mount the plate higher than the opening > -old solution was bend it up and store on dash <lol> but since i never attach the top except when it rains sometimes (if you keep moving you actually stay relatively dry), it'd be too easy to lose. >5. move to a less dracionian nanny state eh, i kinda like it here otherwise - i did manage to go for 8 years w/o the front plate before i finally got busted. the funny thing is that i got it as a parking violation downtown - and not cited during any of my moving violations. to all: thanks to those who provided courteous replies. while the consenus was that this can't possibly work, *something* influenced the mileage improvement and it *wasn't* a change in driving habits. and no one has access to my garage so as to add fuel to the gas tank without my knowledge! it's something i'd consider doing to someone else under similar circumstances. >from nowhere > >barry > wrote: >>i should mention that i recently replaced the front license >>plate - have driven without it for eight years, finally got a >>(parking!) ticket, and the outside temperature has been in the 90's & >>100's most of the time - which i though might be a factor, but i've >>seen the temperature come back down to normal while at a dead >>standstill while cranking on the heat full blast. > "i can spell. i just can't type." |
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barry wrote:
> i recently added a magnetic system to my 1990 <snip> No. -- tooloud Remove nothing to reply |
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You need to degauss the magnets and reverse polarize them. Then, for
your cooling problem, flip the thermostat upside-down and the engine should run cooler. If you notice a further increase in mileage and a cooler running engine, you should try self-trepanation. Learn more at: http://www.socrepsoc.com/trep.html .... barry wrote: > i recently added a magnetic system to my 1990 (approaching 199K this > week) in an attempt to improve mileage. (the basic premise is that if > you magnetize the fuel positively and the air negatively (or vice > versa), they'll remain combined after compression in the chamber > resulting in a more efficient burn. > > has anyone else had any experience with this? > > after about six weeks, i've gone from about 26 mpg to about 30 mpg > (all city). at $3.20 a gallon nowadays, that makes me pretty happy. > the thing is, the car now overheats anytime i sustain anything above > 4000 RPM (or about 80mph) for 2-3 minutes. (i live in LA and the 210 > seems to average about 80 in the middle lane when i'm on the road). > generally cranking on the heat full blast gets the needle back to > center, but the dash still feels *really* hot, and everything under > the hood is still *extremely* hot when i've arrived & looked under the > hood. > > while i suspect that the hotter burn is the primary factor (the > accompanying literature suggests that 87 would burn like 100 with the > magnets), i should mention that i recently replaced the front license > plate - have driven without it for eight years, finally got a > (parking!) ticket, and the outside temperature has been in the 90's & > 100's most of the time - which i though might be a factor, but i've > seen the temperature come back down to normal while at a dead > standstill while cranking on the heat full blast. > > so i guess my main purpose for posting is to solicit comments about: > - magnetizing the fuel/air to improve mileage & performance; > - the impact of running the equivalent of 100 octane (i have noticed a > little more HP on acceleration and i still am usually still in 3rd > gear when pulling on the highway at 65mph) in a 16 year old car - is > it within the recommended tolerances? > - should i go ahead and maybe replace the thermostat anyway? (i *do* > plan on flushing the radiator); > > thanks. > > barry > '90 sky blue - "marvin" > > > > > "i can spell. i just can't type." |
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:37:39 -0400, Iva wrote:
> Actually, I prefer the Flying Spaghetti Monster > http://www.venganza.org/index.htm > > Our heaven is way cooler than yours. <g> I too have been touched by His Noodly Appendage. How else could I have found my mint 04 Miataspeed the very day it showed up at the dealer? |
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"Iva" > wrote in message ... > > Actually, I prefer the Flying Spaghetti Monster > http://www.venganza.org/index.htm > I have my FSM T-Shirt on as I write this. Xmas present from my 15-yr-old. She's a big FSM fan. Really bugs her godsey pals. You know, Iva, instead of angels, the FSM has ... PIRATES. Yeah. Really, big, mean pirates who guard him and stuff. FSM lives in a resort in the clouds, sorta like, uh, Las Vegas but ... Better. And you don't have to die to go there. He can just, like, take you up there. Whenever. Steve McMahon Green JRSC '00LS |
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>> i recently added a magnetic system to my 1990 (approaching > > That's utter crap. The phrase "magnetize something positively" > or "magnetize something negatively" is meaningless in this > context. It may be possible to mathematically describe such a > condition, since magnetic monopoles do appear to be predicted > by some GUTs, but they doesn't exist the the physical world. > > Magnetic monopoles _do_not_exist_ in any practical terms. > Uh - *L-E-O-N*!!! We need you in here. Explain it to us. Thanks. -- SM |
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