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A Waterloo licenced me- chanic had an idea for improving gas mileage and he is now reaping some profits from the application of that idea. "I toyed around with an idea based upon a prin- ciple that works opposite to that used in racing cars. I wanted to find some way to get gas into a vapor form before it reaches the car- buretor." Gary Zabenskie said. “I tried a few early ex- periments but the cars wouldn't run or the fuel would overheat.' . But after further research and development he has achieved success with a de- vice whose registered trade- mark is Vapo-mat. The Vapomat consists of a hollowed copper rod wound with a copper coil. " is at- tached to the fuel line just before it enters the car- buretor of a vehicle. By affecting a heat ex- change with the gasoline. the liquid is turned into a vapor by the device. Since it does part of the work of the carburetor the engine is free to respond more ef- ficiently. using less gas. "Back in the early 1900's heat exchanges were tried but there was difficulty in heating the gasoline to the right temperatures. If the gas overheated the car was It is hot a completely new idea. Wateloo mechanic Gary Zabenskie claims his registered device will cut gas usage from 25 to 60 per cent. The invention, called the Vapo-Mat. is attached to the luel line before it enters the carburetor. Here Gary installs Waterloo mechanic claims devise will cut gas usage Storyandphotos by Ron Kellestine worse off than before the heating," Zabenskie ex- plained. After testing the invention on his own car and those of his friends he discovered a saving in fuel ranging from 25 to 60 per cent. The ex- act savings vary according to the car and the driver. "The Vapo-Mat works better on the bigger displace- ment vehicles of four or eight cylinders. When the fuel is heated right, the distribution of gas is better and the efficiency of the motor is improved," he said. The danger of the gas overheating is not a factor in all types of cars but it is increased by the anti-poi- lution devices now being installed in newer cars. When the gas overheats it is no longer in a solid form"" and will not produce th e combustion necessary to start the car. Most older cars doit have this problem but Gary and his partner. Harkel Wassing, have developed a thermo- static control which regu- lates the temperature. It will be part of the Vapo-mat in the near future. Zabenskie and Wassing have established a small company. F our Star Enter- prises. to install the de- vices which are manu- facturedby an outside enter- prise. . "Until we get the thermo- static control properly de- veloped we would like to hold the installation to our- selves. If it is not properly "But we have received very few complaints about Vapo-mat. If anyone isn't satisfied with it we'll take it off and give them a full refund of their money. in- cluding labour charges." The present price of Vapo-mat is $25 plus labor charges. Zabenskie feels that two weeks of driving is a long enough test period for the invention. installed it won't work. “If a driver doesn't no- tice any difference by then. there Won’t be any." “Carbon deposits are al- most totally removed and the exhaust system will tend to deteriorate more slowly. And because of the reduced conversion time in the carburetor. the acceler- ation response is improved" Aside from improving gas mileage he claimed there were other benefits. The device is adaptable to almost any make of car or truck with slight modi- fications. It is even useful with tractors but small car owners would receive mini- mum benefits. “It's moving better each week. We definitely have enough work to keep Four Star going, The success of “People with small cars now will not experience much improvement with it because the small gas sav- ing engines are already designed as high-efficiency machines." So far public response hasbeengood. our product is up to the pub- lic," Zabenskie said, Although Four-Star has not yet made any attempt to establish a larger market with either car manufactur- ers or oil companies, he feels it will meet opposition from them. "Oil companies will not be too happy about it because they are in business to sell Mississauga . team wins WLU stack market game Six students from Mis- sissauga turned a mythical swam into $295,930 in a 12-week trading period to win the annual stock mar- ket game operated among 100 Ontario high schools by Wilfrid Laurier Univer- sity. Cash prizes and trophies were presented to area Witt- ners and the top team at an awards luncheon at the university T h u r s d a y. Presenting them were Bell Canada and the WLU school of business and economics. Speaker for the event was Claude Bennett, 'the On- tario minister of industry and tourism. . Dr. Howard Prout, who oversees the game from the Wilfrid Laurier Univer- sity school of business and economics, said 2.200 stu- dents in 400 teams particu- pated. This is the largest number of high school a vapomat ‘at Four Sfar Enterprises on Durward Place in Waterloo. device costs $25 plus ietstanatioo. _ Zabenskie is hopeful the “car companies will be forc- ed to take notice of his product because of its energy saving possibilities and potential for reducing exhaust pollution. Until that time, Four-Star Satirical review begins February more gasoline, not save it. I expect in the future we may get opposition from the car companies too. '. The University of Wa- terloo will present a two hour satrical review, begin- ning February 5, entitled The Peasants' Revolt for the 13th annual faculty. ad- ministration. staff and students (FASS) Produc- The show concerns the revolt of a group of oppres- sed peasants against the tyrannical and mythical grand duke of Waterliech- tion students involved in a learning experieKe with any university in the prov- ince. Winning team members from Mississauga were Greg Barley, Chris Good, Robert Harvey, Edward is going to continue mar-' keting their product as best they can from their small/shop at 35 Durward Place in Waterloo. "We believe in this thing 100 per cent and what it can do for people's cars. The day may come when the manufacturers must recog- nize the potential of , this device." A team from Grand River Collegiate in Kitchener placed second with a final total of $253,937 from the original $100,000 invest- ment. tenstein. According to di- redor Peter Golem the plot is less important than the jokes and songs. There will be five show- ings in the Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages building February 5, 6 and 8 at 8 p.m. and February 7 at 7 pm. and 10 pm. Admis- sion price is $1.25 and tic- kets are on sale at the uni- versity central box office, 885-12tlext.2126. Hospodar. Ruston Majaina and Jeremy Smith.