Anyone use Fuel catalysts on their ride yet?
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Anyone use Fuel catalysts on their ride yet?
I saw something similar on Horsepower tv a month or so ago. Thought about putting one on my truck. Anyone do this yet? They did it on a 98 corvette. Ran it on 89 gas and saw 19hp/11tq gain. It allows you to run lower grade gas and improves mpg's. Seemed worth a shot. Figured they wouldn't put it onHPtv if it didn't work, which they had dyno's to prove it...
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RE: Anyone use Fuel catalysts on their ride yet?
Fitch seems to have the best reputation. Though, from what I can tell, they simply make bad fuel better and that's where your increased HP/TQ/MPG comes from. It's not so much that the device is adding HP/TQ/MPG as it's simply removing the HP/TQ/MPG penalty that poor fuel creates. So, people regularly burning bad fuel will see a performance increase (which in reality is just the removal of an existing performance decrease). If you run good quality clean fuel and it doesn't sit in your tank forever before being refilled/replaced then you shouldn't need the fuel catalyst. Essentially, they probably work best in recreational equipment that may sit for months between uses.
That's probably why there's a mix of users that fall into three groups: A few claim great improvement, some got a marginal improvement, and some think it's snake oil.
Considering the pressure from the EPA, consumers, and other groups, if this thing did what some people claim then similar technology would be standard on all vehicles coming off the assembly line.
It costs me about 18 cents per mile in fuel to drive my Dakota ($3.00/gallon divided by 16.5 MPG average). Even if this thing did work and I got a 1 MPG improvement and reduced my per mile fuel costs to 17 cents, then it would take me over 17,695 miles to see a return on the investment.
If I instead spent that $176.95 keeping my my spark plugs, oil, and air filter changed, it would probably do more for my fuel economy.
Just my two cents.
That's probably why there's a mix of users that fall into three groups: A few claim great improvement, some got a marginal improvement, and some think it's snake oil.
Considering the pressure from the EPA, consumers, and other groups, if this thing did what some people claim then similar technology would be standard on all vehicles coming off the assembly line.
It costs me about 18 cents per mile in fuel to drive my Dakota ($3.00/gallon divided by 16.5 MPG average). Even if this thing did work and I got a 1 MPG improvement and reduced my per mile fuel costs to 17 cents, then it would take me over 17,695 miles to see a return on the investment.
If I instead spent that $176.95 keeping my my spark plugs, oil, and air filter changed, it would probably do more for my fuel economy.
Just my two cents.
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I bought one. My Dakota now gets 44mpg city and I am running 12sec 1/4miles with no other mods....
I bought one. My Dakota now gets 44mpg city and I am running 12sec 1/4miles with no other mods....
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RE: Anyone use Fuel catalysts on their ride yet?
Well I'm not so skeptical. Check out their reviews: http://www.fitchfuelcatalyst.com/products/reviews.cfm
While I'm sure most of you may not read it so here's a extract:
Sport Truck
"At first, we were hesitant to dropping some "magic pellets" into our truck's fuel tank, but we figured we had nothing to lose. We were also skeptical to the claims that we would improve our fuel economy by as little as 1.5 to 2 mpg, but, to our surprise, we ended up getting a 2.5 mpg improvement (An increase of 18.9%). Considering that our test vehicle has over 85,000 miles on a 7.4L TMI engine, the results were well worth the $175.00 price tag."
In one review they state that HC emissions dropped by 39% meaning more fuel is being burned. Means you'll have cleaner injectors and spark plugs lasting longer.
Just thought it'd be useful. Most of us are a willing to spend ~$200 on performance parts and hope for MPG gain. Hard to understand why anyone would be against the same concept on something that almost guarantees a gain and not willing to spend the money for it.
To each his own I guess
While I'm sure most of you may not read it so here's a extract:
Sport Truck
"At first, we were hesitant to dropping some "magic pellets" into our truck's fuel tank, but we figured we had nothing to lose. We were also skeptical to the claims that we would improve our fuel economy by as little as 1.5 to 2 mpg, but, to our surprise, we ended up getting a 2.5 mpg improvement (An increase of 18.9%). Considering that our test vehicle has over 85,000 miles on a 7.4L TMI engine, the results were well worth the $175.00 price tag."
In one review they state that HC emissions dropped by 39% meaning more fuel is being burned. Means you'll have cleaner injectors and spark plugs lasting longer.
Just thought it'd be useful. Most of us are a willing to spend ~$200 on performance parts and hope for MPG gain. Hard to understand why anyone would be against the same concept on something that almost guarantees a gain and not willing to spend the money for it.
To each his own I guess
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