Archive for 'Gas Mileage' Category
Build Your Own 225 mpg Diesel Plug in Hybrid
20 March 2007If the names Trimuter, Tri-Magnum or Urba Electric ring a bell, you probably read a lot of Mechanix Illustrated or Popular Mechanics back in the sixties and seventies. Robert Q. Riley was a prolific designer of these build it yourself vehicles along with many, many more that were available as plans enabling you to construct [...]
Fuel Vapor Technology - 3 Wheels - 180hp - 92mpg
4 December 2006Fuel Vapor Technologies was at the SEMA show in Las Vegas with the Ale, their Honda powered 3 wheeler. It has two tandem seats, a 180 horsepower 1500cc turbocharged Honda engine operating a “fuel vapor” system that allows it to run at an incredibly lean 20:1 air fuel ratio. According to the company, the car’s [...]
Gas Mileage and Pickup Tailgates
2 April 2006Tailgate up or down? The television show Mythbusters is sometimes interesting, sometimes silly but I caught one yesterday addressing this “what everyone knows” advice.
The often repeated premise is that an open pickup truck bed is bad for gas mileage because it catches the air and creates drag, so the easy, zero cost method for [...]