Has anyone tried the Rev n nator ?
When someone starts lying about such details on a new product, to me, it spreads an ugly film on what ELSE they are claiming, reasonable or not.
One example in my lifetime was the Judson "See Dee" allegedly "ignition." Now JudsonSEEMED to make some reasonable stuff, their "electronic magneto" was supposed to be a conventional points triggered electronic ignition that works very much like our Mopar systems except back in the breaker points days.
But my buddy bought one of these, obviously "suggesting" to the buyer that they "might be" a CD ignition from the name. THEY ARE a complete fraud. As I recall, after destructive disassembly, the big device was hooked to nothing, and it may or may not have had a diode or cap internally. It did exactly NOTHING except possibly helping to supress point arcing.
http://vwjudsonregister.tripod.com/see-dee_instructions.htm
This website suggests the entire line of Judson stuff was junk, window dressing, a Fraud:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=423444
Partial quote:
"I read a 1975 newspaper story about a man, Robert E. Thurman, who helped expose the magneto hoax. He bought a Judson Electronic Magneto for $45 whoelsale in 1974 (it sold for $60 retail). It burned out his ignition points and did not improve his gas mileage. He measured the current in the system and found the points getting 3.5 amperes instead of the normal .02. Figuring the magneto was defective, he exchanged it for a new one and installed it on his car. This time he checked the point current before running the car, and it was still 3.5 amps. He melted tar from the inside of the magneto in order to examine its working parts. It was basically an inductive ignition coil with a fancy looking transister (the black knob) that was "not even being used except as a come-on," Thurman said.
His documentation arrived at the Pennsylvania A.G.'s General Bureau of Consumer Protection along with a pile of similar well-documented letters from around the country. The bureau investigated and brought action against Judson, charging that the Magneto and See/Dee were only ignition coils and not designed to increase gas mileage. Judson agreed to a consent order and promised to refund money to consumers who wrote within four months."
When someone starts lying about such details on a new product, to me, it spreads an ugly film on what ELSE they are claiming, reasonable or not.
One example in my lifetime was the Judson "See Dee" allegedly "ignition." Now JudsonSEEMED to make some reasonable stuff, their "electronic magneto" was supposed to be a conventional points triggered electronic ignition that works very much like our Mopar systems except back in the breaker points days.
But my buddy bought one of these, obviously "suggesting" to the buyer that they "might be" a CD ignition from the name. THEY ARE a complete fraud. As I recall, after destructive disassembly, the big device was hooked to nothing, and it may or may not have had a diode or cap internally. It did exactly NOTHING except possibly helping to supress point arcing.
http://vwjudsonregister.tripod.com/see-dee_instructions.htm
This website suggests the entire line of Judson stuff was junk, window dressing, a Fraud:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=423444
Partial quote:
"I read a 1975 newspaper story about a man, Robert E. Thurman, who helped expose the magneto hoax. He bought a Judson Electronic Magneto for $45 whoelsale in 1974 (it sold for $60 retail). It burned out his ignition points and did not improve his gas mileage. He measured the current in the system and found the points getting 3.5 amperes instead of the normal .02. Figuring the magneto was defective, he exchanged it for a new one and installed it on his car. This time he checked the point current before running the car, and it was still 3.5 amps. He melted tar from the inside of the magneto in order to examine its working parts. It was basically an inductive ignition coil with a fancy looking transister (the black knob) that was "not even being used except as a come-on," Thurman said.
His documentation arrived at the Pennsylvania A.G.'s General Bureau of Consumer Protection along with a pile of similar well-documented letters from around the country. The bureau investigated and brought action against Judson, charging that the Magneto and See/Dee were only ignition coils and not designed to increase gas mileage. Judson agreed to a consent order and promised to refund money to consumers who wrote within four months."