achieving power gain & fuel saving at the same time?

Ss7259 SG

Achieving both power gain and fuel saving on your existing car?

Anyone believe that this is possible, how to achieve it?

Anyone believe that at the current technology, this is still not possible, not such thing, nothing is for free, give your opinion...

n0x SG

all along power and fuel savings are mutually exclusive things....

unless.... ur engine is super inefficient to start off with...

but most engines are already optimized either for performance or low fuel consumption...

NoobBOY SG

go overhaul the engine lor

kuan89 SG

try drive to north south highway.. clear all ur carbon?

tis might helps u?

Ss7259 SG

mass production cannot produce super inefficient car because of huge tolerance for manufactureability.

lmost 99% of cars in the market are produced in mass.

so 99% of cars are not operating at its optimum.

his means there are still room for improvement.

so, achieving additional power gain and fuel saving on existing car still possible.

see, still possible.

balance_else_complacent SG

i heard that allowing more oxygen into your explosion chamber will give more umph.

nox your car bah.

air-intake?

lighten the weight? use carbon fibre instead of metal roof and bonnet.

Ss7259 SG

some of the definite approach is lighten the car weight, remove unnecessary loads and seats behind, change the fly-wheel to a lighter one, replace a more efficient engine, etc.

haruhatsu SG

This is wat my mechanic told me: ' U want power, dun think of fuel saving. U want good FC, dun think of power'. tats all.

zerocool85 SG

so far... i think lightening the car is the best way to gain power and achieve better fuel consumption..

however, i think weight is not cheap

light weight forged rims.. $3k-$4k

carbon fibre hood, roof, boot, fenders = $6k-$10k.

adding a Low Pressure Turbo (LPT) with a programmable ECU to tune the AF ratio, boost blah blah.

spark plugs, ignition cables, fuel hose, air intake.. for better combustion.

all these mods will give ur car quite alot of additional power.. but we human abuse it and pedal to the metal driving occurs.. thus never save fuel.. haha..

Ss7259 SG

why sometimes heard mechanic say these:

1. not enough air?

2. fuel too lean

3. and yet, some - air too much???

4. yet heard mechanic also say balance air & fuel?

who is right?

what is right and what is wrong.

does engine needs balancing?