Technical Trumpet sticking out of exhaust manifold??

The one pictured above is exactly what my ex-wifes Caddy has on it.

 

What the heck ?? Patent date 1947? Interesting whatchmajig-it......and no worries with Texas emission testing circa 1968........that didn't exist.

 

That patent writing is a bit too small for me to read on my phone. Is it emissions related then?

Also, that's a shame that big blocks weren't allowed in CA. You guys missed out on lots of fun!

 

Someone writes it and you believe it?

 

Did it not work as intended? I guess if it improved efficiency it would be on every thing by now.

 

Needs a spit valve.

 

Plenty of big blocks in California. That thing is an add on.....just like the 100 mpg carburetor or the magnets on the fuel line that increase mpg.

 

I read through it, seems like a snake-oil device. Lets air into the manifold when it has below ambient pressure. This is supposed to allow it to pull air into the cylinder during valve overlap rather than exhaust.

 

From reading the paper that came with the one on Ebay the "inventor" was quite the ******** artist. Another one of those alledged performance or mileage enhancing trinkets that were sold in the backs of magazines or by JC Whitney or Pep Boys in that time frame.

 

thats a civil war era Triple A item, it calls revile in the morning and calls the calvary when broke down

 

What do you mean by no big blocks in California ??? I WAS in high school from '67 -71..... 409,,427-454 ,,, 503 caddys,, Oldsmobile toronado,, WE HAD THEM ALL.... BIG power ...BIG carbs ...HOW FAST CAN YOU GO ??? Then there were the BIG MOTORS ....... YES,,, SMOG KILLED THEM ....that trumpet thing is just WIERD ...........

drive em like ya stole em

 

^^^^Wow, 5 years in high school^^^^

 

No Carl. It was so absurd that I had to repeat it. With the sarcasm smiley.

 

Actually 4 years;
67-68 Freshman
68-69 Sophomore
69-70 Junior
70-71 Senior

 

Believe it or not there's one of those trumpets for sale on eBay right now. Ebay item # 221553736822. Say's it does great things for your engine.

 

My uncle sold those things back in the 1950's along with VX-6 for your batteries and SA fire injectors that replaced your regular spark plugs. None of them did anything other than make your wallet slightly thinner.

 

That's a NOS Flux Capacitor.

 

You could always wear them. View attachment 2720863

 

I figured it was a factory part they were testing out. That 1947 is a trip. Figured it would be much later than that like the mid sixties. I also figured there would be another one on the other manifold to be more uniform. Any way you look at it it is strange & not omething seen every day.

 

I was going to say...ask Smokey.
Anybody remember?

 

I don't tell many people about this as the big oil conglomerates will seek me out... but one of these devices along with magnets on the fuel line, a tornado fan on the air intake, water injection, and you can actually create more fuel than you burn.