From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Sun Dec 01 2002 - 16:25:03 PST
One idea to improve fuel economy would be to attach a hydraulic cylinder under the truck, with a claw on the end of the shaft. Extend it, and clamp onto a tractor-trailer in front of you.. It would
work better than the fuel ionizer, which does not really work at all, or at least no one has been able to explain in hard science why it should work.
Michael Goodden wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I've so far compiled the following options of assisting with fuel
> economy on an M35, but expect them all to fit with the 5-ton's as well:
>
> Item Approx % improvement of fuel
> economy
> 1) Lock-out Hubs 10-20%
> 2) Super Single Tyres 5-10%
> 3) Removal of rear prop shaft - this is the temporary unbolting of the
> prop-shaft between the middle and rear axle so that only the middle axle
> is driving for highway use. 30-50% (or possibly even greater)
> 4) Magnetic Fuel Ioniser Unknown for a multi-fuel engine, on a
> normal diesel an improvement of approx 20% can be seen
>
> Would the installation of an exhaust muffler assist? In a normal
> vehicle the muffler does actually help the fuel economy but I'd be
> interested to know if anyone has experience of this on the trucks?
>
> My M35 truck has an engine from a 5 ton truck (kicking out 205bhp!!!)
> and currently does approx 10-12mpg so with the above improvements I
> should be able to get somewhere between 18mpg to 24mpg when driving on a
> highway.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas or options on improving the fuel
> economy?
>
> Many thanks
> Mike
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