Broquet No Effect on Alfa 156

[Vit4wd]

As above, complained a customer at Autobacs this morning.

 

The reply he got was that Broquet is better for long distance driving.

 

Which I intepret as Broquet helps you to save fuel only during long distance highway driving.

 

Any Tom, Dick or Harry knows that long distance highway driving gives any car excellent fuel economy.

 

So what is the use of Broquet in the first place???

[King]

for alfiat car, must rev the car , then got good FC...

broquet is......

[Secondhand]

Broquet is as bro Genie might say, a big barrel of snake oil...

[Darth_mel]

Broquet is one mod I thought long and hard about....

 

Ultimately I didn't install it cos it costs too much for what it does and the technology involved simply don't make any sense to me.

 

For $800+ for the Top-fueller, I might as well get the car chipped instead.

Edited December 31, 2005 by Darth_mel

[Hattee]

Agree. Its $800 price-tag can buy a common desktop computer though its technology is 1/2 century old. Looking at the contruction and the tin alloy pallets, surely the cost is less a 1/4 of the price if not of the lavished commercials.

 

Perhaps, you might want to consider its less advertised sibling Fuel Cat @ http://www.mycarforum.com/classifieds/classifieds.pl?id=2455

[Darth_mel]

I find it unbelievable that a few pellets can actually increase the octance level of our petrol. Any scientific test to verify this claim ?

[Rabid_bunny]

Absolutely right on. Its been evaluated together with other fuel enhancers (eg fuel line magnets) by the US Environment Protection Agency and found to be useless in improving fuel efficiency.

Check out the US gov website:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/gasave.htm

[Fortress]

Do this work in the first place. Anyway, am sure it would have been great and cheap to incorporate in a car by the manufacturer, if it works.

[Kb27]

If broquet works, those oil companies must look silly investing billions of dollars in hydrocracking. Just put giant broquets around the oil refinery and turn crude into jet fuel.

[Hattee]

Not sure if many out there can explain effect of catalyst. Example, can anyone explain how Cat Converter converts so much of CO and unburnt smelly hydrocarbon to water vapour and carbon dioxide when these hot gases passes over the ceramic meshes.

 

Maybe the point here is whether we have read enough or at least objectively and correctly tried it before before passing sweeping statement. It might be interesting if we telling each other how smart we are from what we actually don't know enough about.

 

Is there any different putting the catalyst before the fuel rail and installing it at the kiosk?

[Slowpoke156]

Don't understand the mentality. In the first place, want to save fuel, shouldn't even drive an Alfa. Even a Honda Accord 2.4L will drink less fuel than an Alfa. Alfas are meant to be DRIVEN, REVVED and thrown around, not to be driven by wusses who are concerned that a gadget is going to give them an additional 1km/l.

[Darth_mel]

Aiyah, same as those SUV drivers trying hard to improve their FC with this mod and that mod.

 

Basically LPPL.

[Normal_aspirated]

most SUV, esp korean ones, are fuel drinkers........benefit little or none from this kinda add-ons. Best solution.........TC.

Edited January 1, 2006 by Normal_aspirated

[Tann]

Yes, you are right, but it can be done for the performance and the FC

 

PM me

[King]

Don't understand the mentality. In the first place, want to save fuel, shouldn't even drive an Alfa. Even a Honda Accord 2.4L will drink less fuel than an Alfa. Alfas are meant to be DRIVEN, REVVED and thrown around, not to be driven by wusses who are concerned that a gadget is going to give them an additional 1km/l.

 

totally agree with your statement

[Normal_aspirated]

bro, new punto grande confirmed coming after mid 2006........got HGT one or not.

[King]

no idea...know also no use, not $$$ to buy

[Jts156]

me too! Revving it hard clears carbon= better FC due to less blockage? hehe