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msta999
05-01-2008, 08:41 PM
I recieved this through one of my auto forums. The neutral thing is something I have been doing for a while, it does help. Less load, less fuel used.

RE:Chrysler Engineer, 5-15MPG more in 2 Minutes, all cars.

From a Chrysler Corporation Engineer....
Get 5 to 15MPG BETTER than you are now, INSTANTLY.
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This is one trick you have NEVER EVER seen in the media or on TV before.
I am going to tell you how to improve your fuel economy in your car
RIGHT NOW, this will give you a good 5 to 15 more Miles Per Gallon
(MPG), depending on your vehicle and how you are driving.
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If you like this, send it to your friends,
Post it on your blog. Tell others.
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Its WHO is telling you this, is why its so GOOD.
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Steven Harris was a development engineer at Chrysler Corporation for 10
years. I mean R&D vehicle development work, from pre-theme approval to
production. Mr. Harris is also the founder of KnowledgePublications.com
which is the largest Alternative/Renewable Energy ONLY publishing
company in the United States, and its growing. Its safe to say that Mr
Harris lives, eats and breaths energy and transportation. What I am
about to tell you is something we did on every test to either reduce or
increase the work of the engine, depending on the test. When we worked
with the vehicles we had special gages, display boxes and computers that
told us EVERY SINGLE thing vehicle was doing, OVER 250 different
numbers. Vehicle speed, engine speed, engine load (vacuum), air temp,
air pressure, mass flow rate of the air, exhaust gas temps, spark
timing, fuel injector timing and length, fuel rail pressure, exhaust gas
oxygen etc.. etc.. Of my ten years there, I spent MAN YEARS of that time
IN
and WITH the vehicles in testing. Man years staring at these numbers,
parameters and calibrations.

What you have never ever heard before
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Idle in Neutral. Yes it is that easy to save a bunch of fuel. When you
are driving down the road and you see a stop light ahead the first thing
you do is start to coast to the light, as you start coasting shift the
vehicle from DRIVE to Neutral (D to N) and use the brake to slow down as
you approach the stop light / stop sign. While you are sitting at the
light, LEAVE THE VEHICLE in Neutral ! When the light changes, shift to
drive and accelerate. When coating down hill, shift to neutral. When
waiting for a train, shift to neutral, when in line at the drive
through, shift into neutral. Every chance you can, shift into neutral
and let your momentum or gravity carry the vehicle forward.

Why does this work so Good? Prove it !!!
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Prove it? Ok. Hop in your vehicle and start it, put your foot on the
brake and shift the vehicle into drive. Most vehicles have an RPM gage
on the dash..look at it. You'll see it idle between 700 and 800 RPMs.
Now shift the engine into Neutral, you'll immediately see the RPM gage
drop to between 500 to 700 RPMs. Its that easy. If you had a vacuum
gage, also called a manifold absolute pressure (MAP) gage, you'd see
that drop as well. The MAP *IS* the "LOAD" on the engine. EVERY THING
the engine does is determined by TWO parameters, the "speed and the
load". The speed is the RPM, the load is the "vacuum" or the "MAP."
Why is the speed and the load lower when you are in idle than when you
are in drive. On an automatic vehicle you have an automatic
transmission between the engine and the axle & wheels. Between the
transmission and the engine is this big donut shaped container called a
TORQUE CONVERTER. This is full of transmission fluid and it is the
fluid coupling tha
t connects the spinning engine to the spinning transmission. ( or the
trans that wants to be spinning) So when you are DRIVE, at a stop
light, with the brake depressed, the engine is spinning on its side of
the torque converter and it is 'sheering the fluid'. Basically its
making the heavy fluid in the torque converter MOVE. The fluid moves
around and around and around and tries to push and turn the transmission
side of the torque converter. Think of yourself running in place in mud
up to your knees. That's what this is doing. When the vehicle is in
Neutral, the engine is not 'sheering' or moving the fluid in the
transmission and this is a LOT LESS load on the engine when you are
sitting still and not moving. Thinking of yourself standing in mud. So
if you do a lot of city driving and or stopping and going this will save
you a lot of gas, if you are on the highway all the time... this won't
save you much. Remember when you are stuck in traffic on the highway to
shift
into neutral.

Taking this to the Extreme
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I knew one guy SO OBSESSIVE about saving money and gas that he installed
two push buttons on his gear shift. One turned the engine off ( stopped
the vehicle) and the other one started the vehicle. So every time he
had to stop he'd shift to neutral and turn the engine off, and then
start it up when the light changed and continued to drive, all with one
hand. He was one of the cheapest SOB's I ever met. If he swallowed a
nickel he'd fart 5 pennies in change. He even did this when coasting
down hill which is VERY stupid because you loose your power steering and
you loose your brake boosting. yeah.. good one... coasting downhill
without power steering and brake boosting, he probably won the Darwin
award by now.

Saving Fuel ON THE HIGHWAY
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There is one other thing about the transmission and saving fuel when
driving on the highway. Its something that not many of you have heard
of, but its called 'torque converter lockup' or what we just called
LOCKUP. The torque converter...think of it as two fans in a bath of
heavy oil, the engine spins one 'fan' which moves the heavy fluid that
spins the other 'fan' that is connected to the transmission and that
spins the rear axle ( or front axle) and thus spins the wheels. Modern
vehicles when driving at a constant speed for quite a few seconds will
'lockup' the torque converter. What this does is it physically links
the 'two fans' together so its a direct connection to each other and not
just a connection through a heavy fluid. Think of yourself running and
NOT in mud and your running shoes pushing directly against the pavement.
Now, the second you tap the brake or you change speed the LOCKUP is
'disconnected'. (you're in the mud again) So when driving on the
highway
the best thing to do is to use the cruise control because this takes
your foot out of the system and thus you should stay in lockup mode as
much as possible. If you have a very good 'code' reader to read the OBD
II codes via the connector under your steering wheel on 1996 and newer
vehicles, you can find and read the code that indicates 'lockup' in the
trans. If you are very very very good, you can feel it when it locks
up.


What you've heard a million times, and it works
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Air up your tires to the manufacture recommended pressure that is on the
INSIDE OF YOUR DOOR. NOT what is on the tire. This is a long
explanation, but do it to the pressure on the door. It has to do with
vehicle handling and safety. Having your tires at their max pressure
severely helps your fuel economy. The tires are NOT ROUND, they are
deformed on the bottom as they spin because of the weight of the
vehicle, this 'flat part' that you can see on any car tire is called the
'contact patch'. If you listen to some of the idiots on the net and put
TOO MUCH pressure in your tires (70, 90 psi) then what you do is
decrease the size of your contact patch and thus you have LESS stopping
ability, less turning ability, and an over stressed tire. So if it does
not get fatigued and blow up in your face when you are filling it up way
too high (and take your head off) then the tire is prone to BLOW
INSTANTLY when you hit a rock, curb, bump etc...and then you find
yourself in a "sev
ere handling situation." So do NOT over inflate your tires. Also,
the easier a car 'breaths' and 'exhales' the more efficient the engine
is, so putting a clean air filter in your vehicle will make it breath
(take in air) easier and give you better fuel economy.


What you've heard that does not work but many have deluded themselves
that it does.
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Every SINGLE 'underhood' hho ooh hoh hoo hoo electrolyzer, water gas
anything, browns gas anything, gas tank pills, tornado air spinner or
any other insert in the air intake, acetone, toluene, fuel heater etc..
NEVER EVER works. Do not waste your time.


Do you want to know more?
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Please forward this to those who you know who would like it. Saving
fuel is this easy and can be done by everyone. :)

All my best and thank you,
Steven Harris
CEO KnowledgePublications.com


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8243 Dartmouth
Warren, MI
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DM
05-02-2008, 06:50 AM
Have you ever noticed how fast most drivers roll up to corners?? Everyone is in a big hurry!!

I won't say that the above won't work, but most folks will be paying any saved $$ to a mechanic for brake jobs... And what's there down time worth?

If people REALLY wanted to save money on fuel, they would slow down... Everyone here is still driveing over the speed limit.

DM

msta999
05-02-2008, 10:07 AM
I think the main idea on that is to let your foot off the gas and let your car coast to the intersection instead of accelerating to it, like many do. If I am going to be sitting for awhile, like at a light or the drive though, I do put my jeep in N, but mainly because it wants to pull if it is in gear, which uses more fuel. I think this is more for city driving than county or small town. Here it seems like you are always waiting.

chrisser
05-08-2008, 07:45 AM
*Have you ever noticed how fast most drivers roll up to corners?? *Everyone is in a big hurry!!

*I won't say that the above won't work, but most folks will be paying any saved $$ to a mechanic for brake jobs... *And what's there down time worth?

*If people REALLY wanted to save money on fuel, they would slow down... *Everyone here is still driveing over the speed limit.

*DM

Simple economics. If you are in good health, with a well-designed and well-maintained vehicle, then the incremental increased probability of an accident is pretty minimal.

So the question becomes, what do you value more, a fraction of a gallon of gas, or the time you save?

The great thing, at least on a multilane interstate or freeway, is that, assuming people maintain lane discipline, those who value gas more than time can stay in the right and those that value time more than gas can stay in the left and everyone gets to make their own evaluation without interfering with the other.

JakeLeg
06-06-2008, 01:08 PM
Have you ever noticed how fast most drivers roll up to corners?? Everyone is in a big hurry!!

I won't say that the above won't work, but most folks will be paying any saved $$ to a mechanic for brake jobs... And what's there down time worth?

If people REALLY wanted to save money on fuel, they would slow down... Everyone here is still driveing over the speed limit.

DM

while I generally agree that people need to slow down, at least for safety's sake (i don't give a rat's behind about them, it's ME i'm more worried about), with particular focus on curvy rural roads like ours, there is an slight argument to going a few miles faster in some cases.

let's say that a road is marked 50 miles an hour. let's say my truck shifts into OD at 53. well, i'll drive at 53-55 because 55 mph in a higher gear at lower RPM will get me better fuel economy than 50 in a lower gear at a higher RPM.

i do like the "shift into N at stoplights and downhill" idea though, and will give it a try. i'm already accustomed to playing with the shifter especially while driving in the snow as there are many hills around here where I just feel more comfortable descending in L1 or L2 rather than D.