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Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Show me the science behind adding a hollow brass tube with crosshairs to a fuel system somehow magically increasing MPG or smooth idle. What you are experiencing is called the "placebo effect". The fact that you are watching your mpg with even more scrutiny will undoubtedly cause you to try to get better fuel mileage. You claimed there was nothing wrong with your idle prior to installing it. Therefore, are you now claiming that there is even more nothing wrong?
There are no independent scientific studies that prove the Turbo3000 does anything but lighten your pocketbook. Kevin Rutherford is not in the business of helping others. He is in business to make money (and from what I've heard, he isn't all that good at doing that on certain things too. After all, he has trucks leased to FedEx making a whopping $0.90 per mile.....)
When a manufacturer starts installing them at the factory, then I will become a believer. When some actual scientific data becomes available (anecdotal evidence is not scientific data), I will become a believer. Until then, it is nothing more than snake oil and wishful thinking.
Ok, here we go. My answer is 'no', I'm not going to show you any scientific data, I don't have any and, quite frankly, increasing YOUR mpg doesn't put a dime in my pocket, now we does it?
He sold his Fed Ex contract and the way he used his website and radio program to do it, I expect he got all that it was worth. Be honest, though, Fed Ex is widely regarded as a pretty decent gig with the light freight and all.
It was Rutherford that told me to take these deep lug tires off my truck, no one else did. I haven't done it yet because of the changeover cost but I don't think I'll buy another set. I won't buy Bridgestones with their high rolling resistance either. No one told me this except Kevin. I've asked a couple mechanics about checking my charge air cooler system. Both of them basically painted scenarios such that if my CAC is leaking, they say I'll know it. That too is something on my to do list, finding a believer to test the system. Bypass filters and synthetic oil...you know, I haven't done most of what I've learned but like this Turbo 3000, when the time and the money and everything is right, I'm going to see just how much of my revenue I can divert from fuel purchase to income. About Kevin, running a profitable business that provides a good, useful service- there is nothing wrong with that.
I know what a placebo is, nothing groundbreaking there. That's why I say it "seems" my idle has smoothed out, I noticed it right away. Don't act like a fine running truck can't have an even smoother idle, either, the concepts aren't exclusive.
Now, the scientific data, that truly is a tough one. Since these things can be easily verified by an independent laboratory, why hasn't that happened? That is a good question. Why aren't others copying them too, since they've been around so long? I agree with you Rev, that makes one think it's just a sham. The only response I have is that all the evidence has to be considered together. Based almost entirely on the trust I've developed with Kevin listening to him, I was at a TA when the shop was empty and I had some extra cash and I thought, 'I'm going to do this thing.' Like I said, the jury is still out on the mpg, but I think I'll keep it if only for the "perceived" smoothing of the idle (it's not like I have a test for that)