Originally Posted by
D8chumley
I was discussing this CAFE 54 mpg crapola with a buddy of mine, and he made an interesting point. He said they could do the 50+ mpg on V8's now, but big oil won't let that happen. He told me of a guy that invented a carburetor back in the 70's that enabled one of those land yachts to get 50-60 mpg! From what he says Big Oil found out about this and bought the thing and all the drawings and destroyed it all. Is this truth or rumor? You decide. I don't find that hard to believe AT ALL!
I have heard that the 60-70mpg carburator was myth and nothing more. But I honeslty can't say for sure. I know I sure as hell hope it wasn't and I sure hope that if it wasn't someone has the ***** to bring it back into the spot light.