Engine modification and warranty

I agree with what everybody is saying. If it really did work that well this would not be the first time we would have heard about it.

Here is one problem I see. The air/fuel mixture is very important for keeping the combustion chamber cool and even the lubircation of certain parts. I find it hard to belive that this would be controlled enough to not run too lean or rich. If you run too lean, you get more power and better fuel economy but then knock events or detonation occurs which can lead to failer that would not be warrantiable with that device on your engine. The stock engine runs on the rich side to protect the engine. This is how most "chips" make power, by leaning out the AFR's. How would the stock computer detirme the correct paramiters when it is all calibrated based on what it expects to see. I mean, the computers math is based on a lot of assumptions. It assumes based on flow rates, air sensors, injector pulse width, o2 readings, load throttle positon and many other variables that there is a certain amount of fuel and air in the combustion chamber. This would F that all up. It must be so expensive because it would have to include some sort of piggyback ECU. In the auto racing world, there are many companies that have spent lots of money and hours on developing piggybacks or replacment ecu's and few have gotten it truly right.

This would change the dynamics of how the engine operates. It is not plug and play. I think the therory has some relavance. I think thier "plasma" maker dilly bob WILL make power and be 10x more fuel efficent. The problem is the engine would need to be designed from scratch to run on this and have any level of reliablility.

Just happened to notice this comment to that sounds a little scary!

article said:

When they shut off the engine, the researchers reported that it coasted on the plasma for another two minutes.

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This is the one that got me...

We ran a 318 V-8 Chrysler engine on a brand new state of the art dynamometer (the same testing equipment that Detroit uses) at 3,000 rpms under a 50% load for an hour. This test condition approximated an 8 cylinder van with a 318 engine, traveling up a 30 degree incline for one hour, at 65 miles per hour. Before the PICC modification, the engine used 18 pounds of fuel. At an average weight of 6.15 pounds per gallon for gasoline, that would equal 2.93 gallons of fuel. Converting that into miles per gallon, it got around 22 mpg.

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First off, when did a 318 equipped VAN ever get 22 mpg?
Secondly, if they have state of the art equipment, why are they measuring consumption in "pounds of fuel"? What is this an, aircraft accessory? Got "around" 22 mpg?

I'd have to see this first hand to believe it. If this actually works as stated, wouldn't they have showcased it at the last SEMA show?

This is directly from the SEMA homepage....

The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world (PLEASE NOTE: THE SEMA SHOW IS NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC). It draws the industry’s brightest minds and hottest products to one place, the Las Vegas Convention Center. As part of the AAIW, the SEMA Show attracts more than 100,000 industry leaders from over 100 countries for unlimited profit opportunities in the automotive, truck and SUV, marine and RV markets. SEMA Show 2006 drew over 50,000 domestic and international buyers through two million square feet of exhibits. The displays are segmented into 11 sections, and a New Products Showcase features more than 2,000 newly introduced parts, tools and components. In addition, the SEMA Show provides attendees with educational seminars, product demonstrations, special events, networking opportunities and more…

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I guess with a product such as this, you don't want the attention of 100,000 industry leaders, or the 50,000 domestic and int'l buyers.

Save your money and don't buy into this bull. For the 4-5K you'll have in this thing, you could buy a car that would double your mileage and keep miles off the Jeep.

As previously mentioned, I would have some conerns about the company behind the product, and their MLM process of selling this product:

UCSA seem to be heavily involved in MLM schemes, some of which raise the eye brow just a little.

http://www.bwanetwork.com/
http://www.deitechnology.com/
http://high-tech-energy-solutions.com/
http://www.ablemicron.com/

UCSA also have plans to "Revolutionize Electricity Production in America".

http://www.ucsofa.com/

I lost interest in UCSA and their products when I read:

What could the Body of Christ do with Billions of dollars a year to evangelize and re-instate Christian values in America?

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The more you read the more you find references to MLM. I'd personally steer clear of the company and their products.

Comments like the following just raise the eyebrows even more:

It turns out that cheap, harmless and effective cancer cures have existed for generations and the “War on Cancer” is a fraud.

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I was taught that George Washington was the first American president, the “father of our country” and a man who could not lie. In reality, he was an avaricious, slave-owning aristocrat and America’s richest man when he became president, getting rich partly from stolen Native American land. He was also the primary architect of the American government’s policy of stealing Native American land through fraudulent treaties in what may be history’s greatest swindle.

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America’s fight against communism had nothing to do with protecting the world’s people from the evil communists, but was an effort to keep the world’s people enslaved to the political-economic system that the United States dominated, a system known today as global capitalism.

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