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Postby Wing Nut » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:36 am

At the risk of sounding like a total dillhole, what is a Motovita, and how does it work?
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Re: Motovita...

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:41 am

...very easy on my eyes!... ;)....>>>>

http://www.sutv.zaq.ne.jp/motovita/

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Re: Motovita...

Postby Hagar » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:47 am

Did you mean this? Moto-Vita

[quote]CO Meter
Monday, Dec. 15, 1930

When his second son Harold was killed in an airplane crash two years ago, Inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (dictograph, klaxon horn, acousticon) resolved to make some contribution to safety and efficiency of aircraft. Last week Dr. Hutchison, onetime (1913-17) chief engineer and personal representative of Thomas Alva Edison, brought forth his offering: "Moto-Vita," a device which measures the unburned gases in engine exhaust, enables a pilot to adjust his carburetor accurately in flight for complete combustion of fuel and, consequently, elimination of waste.

Capt. Frank Monroe Hawks tried the Moto-Vita on a flight to Memphis, informally reported a fuel saving between 30% and 40%. While Dr. Hutchison's motive was to help airmen, his invention may have the far more momentous effect of overcoming the carbon monoxide (CO) evil in motor car traffic. His Moto-Vita, which can be car traffic. His Moto-Vita, which is a bridge of platinum and nickel wires (weight i
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Re: Motovita...

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:51 am

...I'll go for the Motor-Bike rather than the CO Meter, Doug...;)..!

..gets me to the shops quicker... ;)...!

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Re: Motovita...

Postby Wing Nut » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:57 am

Yet another money saving device probably bought out and hidden by the oil companies...  ::)
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Re: Motovita...

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:14 am

In my old 1967 Morris 1100, motor car, I fitted a panel-mounted Vacuum Gauge to my carburettor manifold, calibrated in Green-Yellow-Red areas indicating the efficiency of the Fuel Flow*....

It worked a treat, and saved me loads of petrol!!

Put your foot to the floor,....and this broke the Vacuum...needle spun into the Red area...indicating burning too much fuel...."Back off the pedal my old Son...Keep the needle in the Green!."....;)....l!!
...LOL... ;D...!

Paul....living in a Vacuum... ::)...!

*I do exactly the same thing when cruising in my Flight Sim, Carburettor equipped, Piston Prop Aircraft...and watching the gauges for economy and power....;)...!
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