Posted by rustyfarmall on March 08, 2014 at 14:05:56 from (208.126.186.41):
In Reply to: fuel economy posted by GordoSD on March 08, 2014 at 13:42:49:
I can't quite figure out if some of you guys are against the emmisions regulations, or in favor of them, but since I worked as an auto mechanic back in the 70s, and witnessed first hand the effects of the emmisions regulations, I can tell you for sure that reduced emmisions from the tailpipe also directly reduced the performance and miles per gallon of any given make or model of car.
The performance reduction was the BIG reason that engines kept getting bigger and bigger in the late 60s through the late 70s. Those engines were being choked down so much that it took a 454 under the hood to equal the performance of a 350 just a few years prior. I firmly believe that given the technology we have today, we could easily attain 25 to 30 miles per gallon in a 1/2 ton truck with a medium sized V8 engine, IF we could just get rid of the emmisions controls and let those engines run like they were intended to.
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