1)Will
I have the same power with the HAFC Kit installed?
2) Will
the water in the fuel cell freeze?
3) Does
the
HAFC technology yield the same proportional savings for city as for
highway?
4) Will
the
HAFC perform the same in cold and/or hot weather?
5) Is
it 100% legal? Can I still take my car across different states or to
Canada/Mexico?
6) Why
am I
required to fill out a quotation request for the PICC?
7) Why
is it that the PICC does not have a fixed price?
8)
Can
I
trust this technology for long trips?
9) Will
it in
any way affect my catalytic converter or any other part of my engine?
10) How
will the water gas affect the metal inner parts of my engine?
11) Is
it safe in case of an accident & will anything explosive or
corrosive be exposed?
12) If
the
HAFC technology is so good, why doesn't it come standard with my car?
13) If
I sell my car can I take the HAFC out and put it into my new one?
14) If
I do get the 50% MPG increase (or more) but for some reason I don't
want it, will you take it back?
15) Where
can
I see a working application in my area?
16) Why
are
you selling these fuel technologies?
17) How
long
have you been selling the HAFC and how many happy customers can vouch
for it?
18) How
long
can I expect my HAFC to last?
19) Will
installing a Hydro Assist Fuel Cell void my new car warranty?
20) What
about state or federal emission system tampering laws?
21) Why
don't you publish a list of your trained mechanics?
22) When
will the PICC be released to the public?
23) How
do
you measure the before and after fuel economy results?
24) Will
the HAFC work in my diesel car?
25) What
size
fuel cell do we need for our vehicle?
26) Do
you
have enough trained mechanics to get my HAFC installed right away?
27) If
proper “tuning” is the key to savings, how often do we need to have the
optimizer tuned?
28) Why
buy
the Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell now rather than just waiting for the PICC?
29) Is
there anything else that the owner is required to do to maintain the
system?
30) What
kind
of mileage increase can I realistically expect?
31)
If
I
don’t get an increase of 50% but I am pleased with my savings can I
keep it?
32) Why
should I purchase my HAFC kit(s) as soon as possible?
33) Is
there any government credits or incentives available to HAFC owners?
34) Where
can I find contact information of satisfied customers?
35) How
does this HAFC technology compare to other hybrid kits out there?
36) How
does this kit compare to just buying a new hybrid car?
37) Has
the HAFC system been independently tested?
38) Has
the
PICC been accepted by the EPA as an authorized catalytic converter?
39) Can
we install the HAFC kit on a leased vehicle?
40) What
happened to the electric car?
41) Will
the
HAFC work on gas powered stationary generators and/or water pumps?
42) Why
not just wait for the PICC to be ready for market?
43) Why
buy an HAFC when I know where to get a cheap hydrogen separator?
44) What
about all these negitive claims on the Internet?
1) Will I have the same power
with the HAFC Kit installed?
Yes, you will actually experience increased power with the addition of
our water gas (aka Brown's Gas) which has 5
times the energy potential of regular gasoline along with the
octane boost to your fuel you will get with our patented gasoline "HAFC
Covalizer" (our Xtra Diesel/Bio-Diesel available soon).
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2) Will the
water in the fuel cell freeze?
No, it will get slushy under very cold conditions. The electrical
current moving through the fuel cell in combination with the heat from
your engine will thaw out the caustic solution very quickly and the
unit will resume the production of water gas. In extremely cold
climates (-10 and below) you may also elect to include our optional
fuel cell heater accessory.
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3) Does the HAFC technology
yield the same proportional savings for city as for highway?
Yes, if you currently get 18 city and 22 highway and only achieve the
guaranteed 50% increase you would than be at, or very close to, 27 city
and 33 highway.
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4) Will the
HAFC perform the same in cold and/or hot weather?
Our test results have shown even better mileage results in cold
weather, most likely due to the fact your windows are all the way up
and your air conditioning is off. In very hot climates it is
recommended you check the water level in your fuel cell regularly, if
not optimally charged it is more likely to froth up in hot weather
conditions.
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5) Is it
100% legal? Can I still take my car across different states or to
Canada/Mexico?
Yes, we are not modifying your engine or emission system in any way, we
are conditioning the gasoline you are currently using and complementing
the combustion process with an alternative fuel source. It is
comparable to converting your vehicle to propane, which as far as we
can determine, is legal in all 50 states and Canada. CARB or
California Air Resources Board certification is pending.
See
also question 20 concerning tampering laws
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6) Why am I
required to fill out a quotation request for the PICC?
Market information for our potential Pre Ignition Catalytic Converter
customers. If it becomes necessary to custom manufacture the PICC for
each make and model vehicle obviously we would want to concentrate on
the most popular models first and than work our way down the list.
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7) Why is it that the PICC
does not have a fixed price?
Research is still continuing and the final market prices has yet to be
determined, however at this time we believe 6 sizes or models will
encompass all cars and pickups on the road today. If that indeed proves
to be the case, the PICC will be the same price whether you have a 7.4
liter engine in a new Hummer or a '95 Chevy pickup. We believe the
average price will be in the neighborhood of $3,500 to $4,000 for the
complete package, a $1,000 less for those with an existing Hydro Assist
Fuel Cell installed.
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8) Can I
trust this technology for long trips?
You would exercise the same common sense you relayed on before the HAFC
addition. It is a good practice to never drop below 1/2 tank of fuel;
the more air in your fuel tank creates more evaporation of your fuel
vapors and therefore less fuel economy. More common sense tips on fuel
economy are located on our Mileage
Calculator page.
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9) Will it
in any way affect my catalytic converter or any other part of my engine?
Yes, it will extend
the life of your existing catalytic converter
by burning more of your fuel before being exhausted through your
catalytic converter. The main cause for catalytic converter replacement
is due to clogging by un burnt fuel. The HAFC will also increase the
life of your engine by cleaning out all the built up sludge from un
burnt fuel.
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10) How
will the water gas affect the metal inner parts of my engine?
There is a certain amount of water in the gasoline you are using now
and we have no control over that, our process does not introduce any
water in liquid form into your engine. The water gas line has a dryer
installed and this gas line should be introduced into your air intake
system in front of the air cleaner to guard against any possibility of
any remaining moisture entering into your engine.
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11) Is it
safe in case of an accident & will anything explosive or
corrosive be exposed?
Our new design double fuel cell is wired into the same circuit as your
fuel pump, fuel pump off = fuel cell off. Also the water gas is not
explosive in it's pure form it is implosive; it only becomes explosive
when mixed with your fuel inside the cylinders. In case of an
improperly wired installation where the fuel cell does not shut off our
water gas is lighter than air and would immediately dissipate into the
atmosphere.
The caustic mixture contained in the
fuel cell is corrosive, similar to the liquid in your battery. It would
take a lot of force to rupture our automotive grade plastic case which
is similar in construction to your battery's plastic case.
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12) If
the HAFC technology is so good, why doesn't it come standard with my
car?
That is a question for the auto manufactures to answer. It is
a well-known fact that vaporized fuel greatly increases fuel economy
and reduces emissions. The History Channel did one of their Modern Marvel series on Gasoline
that documents these facts very well.
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13) If I
sell my car can I take the HAFC out and put it into my new one?
Yes, but why
when you can get a much better price out of your old car with the
increased fuel economy? There are used car dealerships modifying their
inventory with our HAFC technology now to offer a superior product over
their competitors. For example say you are selling your '02 Honda
Accord and there are 2 others in the classifieds, now if you could
include 85 or better mpg in your ad, and document that fact, which of
the 3 would sell first and for a higher price?
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14) If I
do get the 50% MPG increase (or more) but for some reason I don't want
it, will you take it back?
No, we have performed our part of the transaction by providing you a
product that attained or exceeding the advertised benefits in our Savings Warrantee.
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15) Where
can I see a working application in my area?
We do not give out our customer's information for obvious reasons,
however we have an ever-growing list of trained mechanics all over
North America and some foreign countries. Contact information will be
included in your kit to locate a mechanic in your area that would be
happy to show you a completed installation. See also
question
# 34
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16) Why
are you selling these fuel technologies?
As a business to bring a high demand product to market and make a
profit in doing so. As concerned Americans, the satisfaction of doing
our part to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil sources and the
emissions we all have to breath.
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17) How
long have you been selling the HAFC and how many happy customers can
vouch for it?
The HAFC Kit was first introduced to the UCSA dealer network and their
affiliates back in May of '07 for field-testing and we have come a long
way since than. Our major obstacle has been in overcoming the ECM or
Electronic Control Module (your on-board computer) especially on the
newer vehicles. Everything included in the kit has been on the market
for years in various forms and with varying results excluding our
exclusive optimizer.
What we have discovered
is any device that is installed (or fuel additive) to increase your
fuel economy by an average of 10% or more results in your ECM going
into a default or full rich mode destroying any gains you may have
achieved. Is this intentionally designed into the system by the auto
manufactures? You decide, we believe so and have an abundance of
evidence to prove exactly that.
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18) How
long can I expect my HAFC to last?
The 1 year parts warranty covers you for any possibility of a defective
part getting past our quality control measures. The Hydro Assist Fuel
Cell kit components are constructed and designed to last well past the
expected lifetime of your vehicle.
- The
single fuel cell is of stainless steel construction (new double cell
design is of high impact plastic) with no moving parts. If properly
installed and charged (15 amp +/- draw on the circuit) and producing
the correct amount of gas (+/- 1 liter per minute) it is functioning
properly.
- The vaporizer is
constructed of
aluminum casting wrapped in permanent magnets and will not deteriorate
over time. The only defect that could possibly occur with the vaporizer
would be a thread problem on the fittings.
- Our
exclusive optimizer consists of electronics and like any electronic
devise either functions properly or is defective.
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19) Will
installing a Hydro Assist Fuel Cell void my new car warranty?
Not unless they can
prove a component of the HAFC Kit caused a failure, and we
will go to bat side by side with you if any auto manufacture makes such
a claim.
US Code - Title 15, Chapter 50, Sections
2301-2312
Legally, a vehicle manufacturer can not void the warranty on a vehicle
due to an after-market part unless they can prove that the aftermarket
part caused or contributed to the failure in the vehicle. If your
vehicle manufacturer fails to honor emission/warranty claims, contact
the EPA at (202) 260-2080 or www.epa.gov. If federal warranty
protection is denied, contact the FTC at (202) 326-3128 or www.ftc.gov.
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20) What about state or
federal emission system tampering laws?
The installation of the Hydro Assist Fuel Cell Kit does NOT involve the
disassembly, assembly or removal of any components of your emission
control system for the purpose of repair or replacement. We do not
disassemble those components; we leave them right in place to function
as the auto manufacture designed them. The HAFC Kit does include our
special computerized optimizer to enhance the process to the advantage
of our customers.
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21) Why don't you publish a
list of your trained mechanics?
We are adding trained mechanics on a daily basis,
graduating trainers via the four
training options now available, so the database is
continuously growing.
From the companies perspective they want their trained professionals
training others and installing product, not fielding non-customer
questions at all hours of the day and night. Any mechanic can install
the components of your HAFC kit, a mechanic familiar with automotive
electrical systems should install the optimizer. There will be contact
information included in your HAFC Kit to locate a trained mechanic
close to you incase you actually need their services to fine tune the
optimizer.
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22) When will the PICC be
released to the public?
That is a good question. The public debut of our Pre Ignition Catalytic
Converter was held at the Washington International Renewable Energy
Conference on March 4th thru the 6th 2008 in Washington DC. We want all
concerned citizens to understand what it will take for us to solve your
fuel economy problems and America’s as well. We have your answer, but
having the technology is only one part of the solution. We reported at
the WIREC event in DC as we pointed to
the Pre Ignition Catalytic Converter unveiling, “This
is the most fuel efficient and least polluting vehicle in America, but
it is illegal to run it on the highway!”
The reason for that is that in order to install the PICC, we have to
remove your existing factory catalytic converter and re-program the
current emissions control system (your on-board computer). For more
information on our PICC process and how you can help please view our "PICC
Post-WIREC" information on site.
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23) How do you measure the
before and after fuel economy results?
The Orange test outlined below compares oranges to oranges
scientifically and is the only way to accurately
measure your fuel economy.
Find a freeway (or non-congested stretch of highway) with at least
three lanes going in both directions and an entrance and exit ramp on
both sides (or a designated u-turn area). It should be the straightest
and most level strip of roadway available to you. There must
be a filling station at your chosen starting point.
Stop at your start point and fill-up your vehicle on the slow
flow setting until it clicks off the first time
(this could be anywhere from 90-95% of capacity depending on make
&
model but will be the same every-time with the same pump).
Travel at least twenty miles or more to a designated u-turn and head
back to your starting point. Use cruise control to maintain a
constant speed of 55, 65 or whatever mph in both
directions.
Return to the filling station you filled up at and re-fill your vehicle
at the same pump exactly as before.
The amount of fuel used to travel your chosen distance (must be a
minimum of 40 miles or 65 kilometers) will determine your fuel economy under
controlled highway conditions.
Divide the total distance traveled by the amount of fuel used to
calculate your miles per gallon, miles per liter or kilometers per
gallon/liter (or
use
our easy fuel economy calculator tool).
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24) Will the HAFC work in my
diesel car?
No, not yet anyway, the HAFC kit has not been
properly researched for diesel engines, the current kit it is designed
for gasoline engines only. A diesel version of our HAFC technology is
now in testing and if feasible will be introduced soon. While our
diesel customers wait they may consider trying our new "Xtra
Dielsel/Bio-Diesel" covalizer recently tested in an '05 Dodge pickup
with a 5.7 liter Cummins engine, fuel efficiency improved from 19 clear
up to 26 MPG (will be available through our shopping
cart
as soon as we receive inventory). Diesel powered vehicle owners may
still apply for a quote for the PICC, because that technology will be
designed for diesel as well as gasoline engines. In fact, we believe we
will be able to improve the mileage of 18 wheeler trucks by 4 or 5
times with the PICC technology.
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25) What size fuel cell do we
need for our vehicle?
The HAFC quote(s) you receive back will be
universal and the new design double cell will be shipped unless
otherwise specified. The Fuel cell kits are designed to be used on all
vehicles. If you have a 6 cylinder, hooking up both sides of the double
cell unit will be your mechanics's option based upon the amount of
amperage available with your car’s electrical system. We charge the
same price for the double cell kit as for the single cell kit, but
there maybe good reasons with a smaller car, where things are tight and
more compact, to specify a single cell in customer notes at time of
order.
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26) Do you have enough
trained mechanics to get my HAFC installed right away?
ANY mechanic should be able to install the HAFC
components from the directions included in the kit without ever
receiving specialized training. We have several schools across the
country that trains master mechanics to train local mechanics on how to
do the installation. As of this writing (Jan '08) we have already
graduated 100 Trainers (and sold well over 100 correspondence courses)
to go back to their local areas and train mechanics. These trainers are
setting up schools and can train 6-12 mechanics a week.
In addition to that, we have a Mechanics
Training Correspondence Course
for teaching, installing and tuning. We will recommend a trained and
certified mechanic to any kit buyer with their kit purchase, but you do
not have to use our trained mechanics. Many kit buyers who are handy
and mechanically inclined can install the kit themselves. The sensitive
step is in tuning the emissions control computer system (our
optimizer). We have trained specialists in that area who are
responsible for the recruiting and training of the tuning technicians
in every major marketing area of the USA. With the proper equipment a
vehicle can be tuned in a matter of as little as 15 minutes (30 minutes
tops). By the time you will need a Certified Tuning Technician, we will
be ready to refer one to you within a reasonable driving distance of
your home.
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27) If proper “tuning” is the
key to savings, how often do we need to have the optimizer tuned?
Proper “tuning” is, indeed the key. There are
some cars that only require installation and do not need to be tuned.
Unlike getting a tune-up, this “tuning” does not have to be done every
year. In the event of a total failure and shutting down of the
electrical system in your vehicle, it may have to be repeated, but that
is pretty much it. The various fuel saving devices of the kit can be
doing their job, but many times the on board computer has been set up
in a manner to defeat fuel improvement devices. You may wonder how that
is in the interests of the manufacturer, but when the fuel burns too
clean, there is no carbon build up or sludge that wears out the engine
and the engine lasts three times as long and you keep the car longer
without trading it in on a new model.
In a great many instances your vehicles
computer is designed to actually defeat any fuel saving devices. In our
case, our mini-computer (the Optimizer) is hooked up to the
manufacturer’s computer and our Optimizer teaches their computer how to
accept and manage our system without rejecting it or the savings. We do
this in a manner that is legal in all states. Our computer is “the good
wife”. It makes their computer think it was its own idea.
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28) Why buy the Hydro-Assist
Fuel Cell now rather than just waiting for the PICC?
That would not be a very wise decision in that
the HAFC is a component part of the PICC package. The HAFC alone is
guaranteed to increase your fuel economy right now by at least 50%
while the PICC upgrade for your model car is being perfected. You most
likely will be required to eventually buy the HAFC components with the
PICC package, and, if in the unlikely case that it is not necessary to
improve the effectiveness of the PICC for your car, you will be allowed
to return it for a full refund or keep it and have it installed on
another car.
There is nothing to lose in getting the benefit of the HAFC right now
while the PICC
technology is waiting for EPA approval
in the US. It basically costs you absolutely nothing extra! Many people
will discover that the HAFC is so effective that the extra cost to
upgrade into the PICC will not be cost effective. In that case the
whole thing was achieved with a kit that cost somewhere around a
thousand dollars. We currently have around a dozen cars with the HAFC
portion that have increased their mileage, on
our
scientific mileage test,
of over one hundred miles per gallon! Why spend a few thousand more
dollars improving that? You may stop at the HAFC and not even upgrade.
It will your choice.
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29) Is there anything else
that the owner is required to do to maintain the system?
Yes, the gasoline that is going into you engine
is in the form of a long chain molecule that is hard to burn
completely. Those covalent bonds can be broken down to make that fuel
burn faster and more completely. We have developed our special patented
“HAFC Covalizer” that you carry in a 32 ounce flask with a convenient
one ounce measuring compartment. Just squeeze out one ounce at a time
up into the top chamber. It takes 1/2 ounce for every ten gallons of
gas you put into your fuel tank. One 16 ounce container comes with your
kit and will treat 320 gallons of gasoline, additional is available
directly through us at $19.95 each for singles. While this is an
inconvenience, you will get use to it and it is a lot more inconvenient
to work twice as hard to earn the money for the extra cost of your fuel.
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30) What kind of mileage
increase can I realistically expect?
That depends on a lot of different factors. The
condition of your car has a lot to do with it. Has it been well
maintained and serviced? We have had some makes and models that are the
same, but some vehicles do better or worse. For example one V-8 F-150
Ford pickup was only able to achieve a 56% increase in mileage, while
another one we installed went from 11 mpg highway to 33 mpg. The size
or horsepower of your car seems to have a lot to do with it. Four
cylinder vehicles almost always double mileage, while the bigger V-8s
usually get more like a 60- 70% increase. One of our specialists did a
1998 Airstream motor home that went from 6.8 miles per gallon to 22
mpg! There are exceptions.
Of course the smaller increase means more to
the owner of the bigger gas guzzlers, because it uses twice as much gas
and usually only gets half the mileage. What is better… all of a little
or half of a lot? It all comes out pretty even, actually. We are
absolutely guaranteeing you a 50% increase in mileage, but it should
double. We have had a few vehicles that even our tuning specialists
just were not able to get the increase. It is very rare, and we do not
fully understand why. Some vehicles have mechanical problems that would
take a lot of time and money to diagnose (perhaps the on board computer
needs replacing).
On the rare occasions we run into that we would
rather just refund the money for the kit and accept the defeat. Of
course the customer can spend the money repairing the vehicle and then
achieve the mileage increase or keep the kit and put it on another
vehicle. That does not mean that when the PICC is ready for that
vehicle we will not be able to do a lot with the PICC. The PICC
technology by/passes the computer altogether. We believe our PICC will
get every personal vehicle on the road over 100 miles per gallon (even
SUVs).
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31) If I don’t get an
increase of 50% but I am pleased with my savings can I keep it?
The minimum savings guarantee is a benefit
offered to our customers and it is completely the consumer’s decision
whether or not to avail themselves of it. We are sure that if you only
happened to achieve a 45% savings, most people (especially with large
pick ups and SUVs) would still be ecstatic with that. The savings
guarantee is there to absolutely assure all customers that we will at
least meet or exceed that standard. The choice of enforcing it or not
is entirely yours. You can be assured that we will cheerfully refund
the cost of the kit if it falls short of our pledge.
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32) Why should I purchase my
HAFC kit(s) as soon as possible?
We believe that we are in the process of
revolutionizing the entire automobile industry. What we have witnessed
in our research on the PICC is more than exciting. We know that big
business is always resistant to change. We are taking the challenge of
growing sales and infrastructure over the next three or four months.
The purpose is to set up the opportunity to force the acceptance of the
Pre-Ignition Catalytic Converter beyond usual political temptations.
If we have upwards of 50,000 HAFCs to convert
to the PICC, we have all we need to explode it onto the market. The car
manufacturers are straining to get 35 miles per gallon with SUVs by the
year 2020 and we can modify any SUV in America to get way more than
twice that goal right away! Does that not change everything? We can
have the manufacturing set up to meet that explosive growth, assuming a
very successful HAFC program. So, we are pushing hard to create and
keep up with a fast growing market.
Shipping MUST operate on a “first come; first
served” basis. To avoid any frustration from our customers, we have a
plan to grow methodically. It is our hope that we will never fall
behind in our goal of following through on orders within a few weeks
time at most. But, think about it. The early bird gets the worm. If it
goes crazy, as anyone should see it could, it could get harder and
harder to keep within a few weeks of orders. And keep in mind the HAFC
is available for worldwide distribution, in some countries the price of
gasoline NOW is over $6 a gallon. Every day you do not have our
technology is just more wasted gasoline money and pollution!
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33) Is there any government
credits or incentives available to HAFC owners?
We have not fully researched this for a
definitive answer but provide the following web site for the US
Department of Energy for your information:
Alternative
Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center
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34) Where can I find contact
information of satisfied customers?
May we first ask you a question? Would you want
to be inundated with calls from complete strangers wanting to know how
your HAFC is doing? The company behind the manufacturing is currently
running (Feb. ‘08) full page ads in national magazines that comprise a
total subscriber list of over twenty million readers. Needless to say
we are getting quite busy.
That is why we have done something even better
than giving out the private information of our customers (which will
never be divulged without prior consent). We are offering you the best
reference you could ever get… We are offering YOU as a reference for
yourself. We are offering you the chance to try our HAFC kit on your
own vehicle. If it does not perform at the guaranteed level you can
return it for a 100% refund of ALL the money you paid for your HAFC kit
less shipping costs.
We have been offering our hundreds of customers
that very same offer since July of 2007 and there are no complaints.
There are no customers who have ever exercised that guaranteed right
with any authorized dealer and been denied their full refund. The only
thing we ask is to give it a fair evaluation (via a controlled before
and after mileage test) and return it in resalable condition.
Who else guarantees a 50% improvement in fuel
economy? No one except us, AND WE MEAN IT! The greatest reference you
could get is a local mechanic who knows your vehicle and is able to
review the HAFC
installation manual
on this site and can tell you that the technology makes sense. Where do
you have a better chance of getting the gasoline monkey off of your
back and out of your pocket?
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35) How does this HAFC
technology compare to other hybrid kits out there?
In the case of the hybrid concept you are
taking the losses from having to use the brakes and stop or slow down
the vehicle to power an alternator to charge a battery and store
inertial energy that would otherwise have been lost. You take that
potential energy from lost inertia and use it to create momentum. That
is a great idea! Of course it works better in city driving with the
stop and go scenario.
Is it worth the effort and the cost? That is
the big question only you can answer. To modify a car into a hybrid
after it has been manufactured, can cost $5,000 or more with the other
hybrid kits that can be purchased. They average a return of an
additional 8 or so miles per gallon. But, now there is another way, our
HAFC kit for now that will soon mature into our PICC technology for
mind boggling fuel economy.
Does it make more sense to spend 5K or so on a
hybrid kit to gain a possible 8 miles per gallon or to spend $1,000
($1,500 including recommended install costs) on our HAFC technology to
increase your mileage by a guaranteed 50% or more? Of course, when the
PICC is available, we believe all cars will get over 100 miles per
gallon and that the complete PICC modification (including the HAFC) is
not expected to be as expensive as the current so-called hybrid
modification kits other vendors are currently offering.
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36) How does this kit compare
to just buying a new hybrid car?
Hybrid car modifications are the first good
fuel economy idea to come out of Detroit for more than two decades. The
car manufacturers can more easily offer a hybrid version of any model
(they control the computer). The price difference between a regular car
and its hybrid equivalent vehicle can be substantial. For example, the
Honda Civic EX costs $3,090 more for a combined mileage difference of
13 more miles per gallon for an average of 42 mpg.
It is much less than the cost of buying one of
the other kits and modifying the vehicle after it has been
manufactured. Of course we have a ‘07 Honda Civic that we have modified
with our HAFC kit. It currently gets 85 miles per gallon highway and a
combined mileage of 59 miles per gallon rather than the 42 mpg of the
manufactured hybrid. Our HAFC costs less than half the difference in
total to buy and install and is providing more than twice as much
additional mileage. It should be easy to see the value of an HAFC
upgrade.
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37) Has the HAFC system been
independently tested?
The company has been in the process of
requesting CARB testing since December ‘07 for our HAFC system. We are
working with a California engineering firm to do a protocol unit for
testing and there is little doubt we will obtain CARB certification on
the HAFC. We believe that the CARB program is a sincere effort to
protect the environment and we intend to co-operate fully with their
efforts.
Many cars that have failed a smog inspection
for the third time have been modified to the HAFC and passed with
flying colors. In fact, when people fail inspection, modifying a car
with our HAFC technology is the best way to get it passed. The 2007
Honda Civic we will be showing at a renewable energy show in Washington
DC was smog tested in New Jersey, it was allowed 100 hydrocarbons. With
the HAFC system in place, it had only 11 and absolutely no carbon
monoxide (NOX)!
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38) Has the PICC been
accepted by the EPA as an authorized catalytic converter?
Not yet in that the PICC has yet to be
officially introduced, we believe that the EPA would have no choice but
to approve it with exhaust so clean you can breath it. We also believe
that our PICC will set a new standard for emission control in the
automotive industry.
It may happen right away, or it may take time
to get past the politics. In any event, we can all be enjoying the
benefits of the HAFC technology now while we await EPA approval for
this new revolution in catalytic converters. If you have yet to view
our introduction video
on the PICC technology we invite you to do so now and make
your own determinations.
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39) Can we install the HAFC
kit on a leased vehicle?
That depends on the contract that you signed
with your leasing company. We suggest that you, or your legal counsel,
review that document and determine what is stated concerning after
market products. It, most likely, says nothing about this subject. If
it states nothing about that, then we believe you will be fine,
especially since the total HAFC system can be removed at any time.
When the HAFC kit is removed, the car is
immediately returned to its original condition. It would be like in the
old days when the horse died, you just removed the saddle and put in
our your next horse.
In the case of the PICC, we are working on a
lending program whereby, if a customer commits to a PICC conversion,
our lenders will most likely refinance their current lease. They are
well aware that the PICC will dramatically increase the value of any
vehicle.
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40) What happened to the
electric car?
The electric car was the dumbest idea ever!
They claim that electricity is “clean energy” and that is a HUGE lie!
Well over half of all the electricity produced in this country is made
from coal.
You take coal, the worst possible energy source
that creates acid rain, and make the “clean” electricity from it, doing
more damage to the environment than using gasoline in your car could
ever do. Then send it over transmission lines with line loses of 10-15%
and plug your electric car into the wall to charge a battery that is
only 50% efficient.
It does not take a genius to understand that is
not very smart. You start out with the most damaging agent possible and
then get the inefficiencies of not only the power plant, but also the
transmission lines, and the battery into the mix. It would be better
for the environment if we just partially burned the gasoline in our
stock engines. Electricity in cars “appears” to be “clean” energy, but
in fact, is anything but “clean”.
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41) Will the HAFC work on gas
powered stationary generators and/or water pumps?
Yes the Hydro Assist Fuel Cell technology will
work on stationary carbureted engine applications. For details on the
install process please visit our "HAFC
Stationary Carbureted Engine Application" page.
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42) Why not just wait for the
PICC to be ready for market?
While it is true the public debut of our Pre
Ignition Catalytic Converter was held in grand fashion in early March
2008, that alone in no way, signifies an early market release of the
PICC. In most states of the Union it is illegal to remove the “sacred
factory catalytic convertor”. EPA approval will have to be secured
prior to offering it to the general public as an “officially
recognized” catalytic converter replacement.
The PICC certainly is what we have been
designing as the crown jewel of our fuel technology line of products.
We believe that it will revolutionize the way vehicles are manufactured
in the near future. We have also discovered, in our research and
development process, that the HAFC technology compliments the
conversion of liquid fuel into a plasma inside the PICC’s reaction
chamber.
We started with the HAFC technology, because it
was easier to make universal, avoided the anti-tampering laws, and is
legal now. When we discovered what the HAFC could offer in the process
of plasma production, we were glad we had done so. One big advantage
the HAFC has over the PICC is that it is less costly for the consumer
and is available now.
We were also shocked to discover that on many 4
cylinder cars, with the HAFC alone, we actually experienced over 100
miles per gallon on our scientific
orange test.
If a kit that costs $1,000 can deliver that kind of efficiency, it
would not make economic sense to spend an additional $3,000 in order to
improve your fuel economy by another 2 - 3 fold.
Example: If you are driving 15,000 miles a
year, and enjoying 100 miles per gallon with the HAFC, then you are
only using 150 gallons of gas every year or 3 gallons per week. Why
would you pay an additional $3,000 to cut that down to only one gallon
of gas a week? Of course for the larger engines, to go from 10 miles
per gallon to 15 (or even 20+) mpg with the HAFC would be great, and
very cost effective. But to upgrade into the complete package and
obtain 100 miles per gallon plus would be well worth the additional
expense!
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43) Why buy an HAFC when I
know where to get a cheap hydrogen separator?
It is true there are cheap hydrogen separators
available that will make a hydrogen fuel from water. That is a far
different technology. Our Hydro Assist Fuel Cell makes water gas (HHO).
Water gas is a combination of the hydrogen and oxygen from the water
and makes the most unique and powerful gas yet known.
It is also true that other companies are
offering water gas units. Our associate originally worked with Yull
Brown when he brought the water gas (aka Brown’s Gas) technology back
from China in the 90s. We understand this technology like few others do
and our unique patent pending system is much more than just a water gas
maker. We have scientifically blended the processes of vaporization,
ionization, covalization (breaking down the covalent bonds of the
fuel), and combining HHO to assist combustion and raise the octane
level.
We have tested most of the fuel saving gas
additives on the market today and not one of the products we tested can
pass our orange test with anywhere near the results of our “HAFC
Covalizer”. Our covalizer has been developed by scientists formally
employed by major oil companies and is registered with the EPA .
Assuming you are somehow able to find comparable
components at an equivalent cost of our HAFC, there is still a major
problem remaining. Your factory on-board computer, working in
conjunction with the emissions control system will detect fuel saving
devices triggering the system into a default or “full rich” status.
Our optimizer is only sold with a genuine HAFC kit. You cannot buy it
anywhere else for any price. It is a mini computer that teaches your
factory on-board computer how to regulate and accept our energy saving
system providing fuel economy without changing the safe operating
parameters designed into your engine.
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44) What about all these
negitive claims on the Internet?
Due to the rapid increase in negative garbage appearing all
over the Internet with such idiotic claims as "A 50%
increase in fuel economy is impossible!" we have decided it
is high time they either put-up and shut-up or just plain
cease & desist.
What is the reason for all of this product slamming and character
assassination? Our technologies represent a major threat to both the
oil companies and the auto manufactures bottom lines. They dare not
challenge us in a public fashion simply because they know full well we
have the evidence to prove they have been lying to and
cheating the consumer worldwide for decades.
So they choose to attack
us through paid character assassins (and the foolish who
actually believe them) by scare tactics aimed at a skeptical public. Do
not be fooled,
there is nothing on this site or the official companies web sites that
are not properly documented - AND THEY KNOW THAT FULL WELL!
The oil
companies
are intentionally designing their fuel as a very dense &
complex
long chain molecule formulation which only burns at an average of 18%
efficiency. That is right, for every $100 of your hard earned money
spent on fuel you are only getting $18 worth of useable power to your
drive train. The remaining $82.00 worth of fuel (less what is consumed
by their sacred catalytic converters) is dumped into the air we all
have to breath. For more information on this please review our post-WIREC
Pre Ignition Catalytic Converter
information.
By the way, there is no energy crisis,
America has the largest known oil field on the planet under Gull
Island, Alaska. They (oil companies) discovered this field in the late
70's and have not pumped one barrel of oil out (other than for testing
purposes) since. Type "Non Energy Crisis" into the search box of your
preferred search engine. You are being lied to and scammed and your own
government officials are protecting these liars, cheats and thieves
through Federal Agencies & legislation.
The auto manufactures are
intentionally designing their little black boxes (your on-board
computer) to make darn certain you are not allowed any increase in fuel
economy over and above what they have programmed their systems to
accept. Why? Un-burnt fuel creates sludge build up in your engine,
further reducing efficiency and causing your engine premature wear.
Result, you the consumer, are forced to buy a new model every 3 - 4
years further padding their bottom lines.
Please
post our challenge on any web site, blog or forum
you may run across screaming the "HAFC is a scam" or
any other unsubstantiated garbage concerning our companies or our
technologies. Thank You!
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