Ahh, I love these posts. This goes the way of the JC Whitney magnetic fuel
saver and the Tornado air swisher or whatever the crap it was called. The way
I see it, the auto industry spends BILLIONS of dollars a year on research.
Don't you think if something so revolutionary was available it would be on
every single car sold today? PLEASE!! Don't be gullible!!
-Austin
Vipertruck
In a message dated 4/12/00 3:18:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ccrfan@mindspring.com writes:
> There's an old saying: "If it sound too good to be true, it usually is."
> Last week I placed a post in regards to how I might improve my V6 mpg. One
> person sent a post containing the web address of a company selling platinum
> intake adapters. They claim if this adapter is attached to the intake
> portion of the engine, you will see a 22% increase in gas mileage. The
> theory is that platinum improves the burning efficency of gas and that
> catalytic converters have a platinum coating to absorb, or burn off, any
fuel
> left over before it leaves the exhaust portion of a vehicle. They claim the
> catalytic converter is a great idea, but is sitting in the wrong place.
> Anyone heard of this platinum stuff before? If it's true, why haven't
> automakers installed these OR why isn't this stuff available in stores?
> Millard Cover
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