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Old 12-25-2017, 10:01 PM
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Fitch Fuel Catalyst, power gain?

Hey Acurazine members, I'm new here and this is my first post, excited to learn and share some info with you guys! I have a 2001 TL and I'm considering installing a Fitch Fuel Catalyst in hopes of modest power gains. Was wondering if anyone has installed one and has noticed any power gains and/or has dyno tested it?

Looking forward to some feedback!

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Originally Posted by Wheres6
Hey Acurazine members, I'm new here and this is my first post, excited to learn and share some info with you guys! I have a 2001 TL and I'm considering installing a Fitch Fuel Catalyst in hopes of modest power gains. Was wondering if anyone has installed one and has noticed any power gains and/or has dyno tested it?

Looking forward to some feedback!

Merry Christmas!

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Thanks for saving me money! Where can I find a lightweight pulley?
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Called bull at the very first sentence.

"....causing the reformulated fuels to produce more energy...."

Nope. Any chemist would laugh at this. I don't have a PHD in Chemistry, but as far as I know, you can't simply "make a fuel produce more energy", otherwise we'd use this device on everything from aircraft carriers to mopeds. It's potentially possible that you could increase the energy content of the fuel with some sort of additive that contained more chemical energy than gasoline, but there's not a device I'm aware of that somehow makes gasoline, or any other hydrocarbon based fuel, somehow produce more energy than it already contains. You'd have to somehow restructure the chemical bonds which would consume more energy than the fuel would gain.
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I just really hate to see people waste their money.
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Originally Posted by losiglow
Called bull at the very first sentence.

"....causing the reformulated fuels to produce more energy...."

Nope. Any chemist would laugh at this. I don't have a PHD in Chemistry, but as far as I know, you can't simply "make a fuel produce more energy", otherwise we'd use this device on everything from aircraft carriers to mopeds. It's potentially possible that you could increase the energy content of the fuel with some sort of additive that contained more chemical energy than gasoline, but there's not a device I'm aware of that somehow makes gasoline, or any other hydrocarbon based fuel, somehow produce more energy than it already contains. You'd have to somehow restructure the chemical bonds which would consume more energy than the fuel would gain.


You mean to tell me that the law of conservation of energy is a farce?!?
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Originally Posted by losiglow
Called bull at the very first sentence.

"....causing the reformulated fuels to produce more energy...."

Nope. Any chemist would laugh at this. I don't have a PHD in Chemistry, but as far as I know, you can't simply "make a fuel produce more energy", otherwise we'd use this device on everything from aircraft carriers to mopeds. It's potentially possible that you could increase the energy content of the fuel with some sort of additive that contained more chemical energy than gasoline, but there's not a device I'm aware of that somehow makes gasoline, or any other hydrocarbon based fuel, somehow produce more energy than it already contains. You'd have to somehow restructure the chemical bonds which would consume more energy than the fuel would gain.
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You mean to tell me that the law of conservation of energy is a farce?!?
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How have I never seen this gem?!!


It's a perpetual motion machine!
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
You mean to tell me that the law of conservation of energy is a farce?!?
Yeah, those damn pesky laws of physics and chemistry. Always getting in the way.
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