S.A. man has engine that gets 100 mpg

[systemnt]

I knew a fellow in the late 70s that had a 200 plus MPG engine in a pickup. Plenty of power too.A friend of his developed and patented it. It was oxygen injected over gasoline. An unnamed company bought it with the assurance that they would market it in vehicles. He made millions but the engine has never been seen again.

you mean ..like Nitrous? which basically 'injects' more oxygen (at a certain temp it splits into oxygen and nitrogen) into a combustion chamber..

[justincorbell]

I find it hard to believe in this day and age of technology that one doesn't already exist.

BINGO, does anyone here truly believe that this technology has not already been established? Call me crazy but I 100% believe that this technology is and has been around for years, it is simply kept under wraps due to greed, plain and simple........ you really think the big oil companies want vehicles out that are THAT efficient? that would equate to HUGE losses for multiple BIG businesses

Call me crazy but I simply don't believe that this has not been invented before.......why it has been allowed to come out now, I don't know, but it doesn't change my opinion.

[GarGuy]

you mean ..like Nitrous? which basically 'injects' more oxygen (at a certain temp it splits into oxygen and nitrogen) into a combustion chamber..

Yes. If rememeber right, he had a WATER injector also. Now Im wondering if he figured out a way to split hydrogen from oxygens in H2o.

[Goldeneagle]

I knew a fellow in the late 70s that had a 200 plus MPG engine in a pickup. Plenty of power too.A friend of his developed and patented it. It was oxygen injected over gasoline. An unnamed company bought it with the assurance that they would market it in vehicles. He made millions but the engine has never been seen again.

That may be the guy I'm talking about.

[RatherBhuntin]

If you think about it has fuel milage really increased over the last 30 years? Vehicles keep getting more advanced with no real gain in mpg. Some are asking does it have enough power to pull anything. To you or me that might matter, but to the majority of the world it does not. Most folks never pull a trailer or haul more then a sack of dog food. I believe the technology has been around a long time, but like others have mentioned big oil does not want it to see the light of day.

[Dusty Britches]

What about the StarRotor developed by Dr. Mark Holtzapple at TAMU in 2001? http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006...toncycle_.html

It, too, gets 100 mpg and runs off any type of fuel - gas, jet fuel, diesel, methane, vegetable oil....