Halo Trial Results

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City of Little Rock (AR) Fleet Trial:

(11.5% more mpg using summer gasoline)

Blind Trial Test:

12 Ford Crown Victoria Police Package Cars

Reaction: “I would like to tell you… how pleased we are with the results that we have had with the HALO plugs that we have been running in our Ford Crown Victoria Police Cars. They have really produced great numbers on the fuel mileage. I look forward to continued success with the HALO plugs and I would recommend them to anyone that inquires. We have seen an 11.5% increase in fuel mileage, and as fuel prices go up, this is going to be a tremendous help in cutting our fuel costs.” Darryl Syler, Fleet Maintenance Manager Tel: 501-918-4200

Comment: The City of Little Rock is retrofitting their fleet with Halo spark plugs!

City of Hot Springs (AR) Fleet Trial:
(13.7% more mpg for the police cars using winter gasoline → higher RVP)

Blind Trial Test:

4 Ford Crown Victoria Police Package Cars averaged 13.7% more mpg
3 Non-Police Vehicles averaged 21.01% more mpg using winter gasoline

Comment: The City of Hot Springs is retrofitting their fleet with Halo spark plugs!

NOTE: Both trials were started and conducted solely using Halo B-GR15YC (.036 gap) spark plugs in the Ford Crown Victoria Police Package vehicles. However, the proper Halo spark plug for the 4.6L V-8 engine in Crown Vic’s is the Halo B-GR15YC-3 (0.52 gap) - which did not exist when the trial was commenced (i.e., on September 26, 2005 a small amount became available in the U.S. for trial testing). It is reasonable to conclude that both trials would have produced a larger increase in mpg had the Halo plug with the optimum gap been tested (i.e., because Ford engines can be tempermental).

Peter Pan Cleaners (Elkins, WV):

(29.4% more mpg with summer gasoline & using touring tires)
(19.4% more mpg with winter gasoline & using four (4) snow tires)

1996 Ford Aerostar AWD 4.0L V-6 with 4-Speed Automatic Transmission

EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Summer Gas MPG	Increase in Percentage	Winter Gas MPG (+ 4 snowtires)	Increase in Percentage
17	22	29.4%	20.3%	19.4%

Reaction: "On Labor Day 2005, we installed Halo plugs in a 1996 Ford Aerostar AWD powered by a V-6 4.0 liter engine. The increase in power and gas mileage was evident immediately from 17 mpg to 22 mpg. Even when driving in winter with snow tires on all four wheels, we get 20.3 mpg. I would highly recommend these spark plugs to any person or organization seeking increased mpg or performance for their vehicles." -- Jake Roberts, Peter Pan Cleaners

NOTE: Once a week, the AWD Aerostar (having an EPA combined City/Highway rating of 17 MPG) is driven 200+ miles on Tuesday and 160+ miles on Thursday. On both trips each week, the Aerostar must traverse some very steep and winding West Virginia mountain roads. In the wintertime, the Aerostar is also equipped with snow tires on all four wheels. This trial reflects how well Halo plugs perform in V-8 and V-6 powered FWD and AWD vehicles.

Summit Pest Control (Garland, TX):
(16.7% more mpg with no load using winter gas → higher RVP)

2004 Ford F-150 4WD P.U. Truck 4.6L V-8 with 4-Speed Auto Transmission

Driving Condition	Pre-Halo mpg	Post-Halo mpg	Improvement
Hwy mpg with load (towing a Trailer)	9 mpg	13 mpg	44.4%
City mpg with no load (no trailer)	12 mpg	14 mpg	16.7%

Reaction: "Our Halo trial delivered a 16.7% improvement in the mpg of our Ford F-150 trucks. Works better than initial estimates."-- Arch Smith, Summit Pest Control

NOTE: The underpowered Summit Pest Control vehicles generally tow a loaded trailer . In this trial, Halo plugs did not perform better under load conditions. The significant difference is due to conventional plugs performing poorly under load conditions. This trial in Dallas-Ft. Worth (an RFG area) used winter gas. The EPA’s City MPG for this vehicle is 14 (i.e., summer gas) but average drivers report only 12.5 mpg.

Crockett Coon Skin Caps (Tilly, AR):
(11.83% more mpg using winter gas → higher RVP)

1996 Ford Aerostar RWD 3.0L V-6 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Combined City/Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Combined MPG	Increase in Percentage
18/24	20	22.06	24.67	11.83%

Reaction: “I’m now a believer..." (separately stated by David Mason & Sylvia Mason)

Note: In this trial, the battery was not disconnected to erase the learned memory stored on the Aerostar’s computer. As a result, the vehicle’s on-board computer took longer to learn, then adjust too, and take full advantage of the Halo spark plugs causing up to a 31.92% faster ignition of the air/fuel mixture. Thus, the initial lower mpg is factored into the results. If the learned memory stored on top of the pre-set factory memory settings is not erased when the Halo plugs are installed, a vehicle’s computer has to slowly undo the previously learned memory before it can learn and adjust too the Halo plugs. When disconnecting the battery, only the “negative” terminal should be disconnected.

Solvent Recovery Systems (Marshall, AR):
(13.33% more hwy mpg using summer gas → lower RVP)

1996 Toyota 2WD P.U. Truck 2.4L L-4 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Hwy MPG	Increase in Percentage
22/25	23	25.3	28.7	13.43%

<>Reaction: “We really appreciate the Halo spark plugs. With the results we’ve found, I only regret not listening to you sooner. After several months of driving and a multitude of fill-er-up’s the results are a positive 13.33% increase in mpg. I estimate the plugs paid for themselves in two months and that we’ll save several thousand in the first year alone." -- Tom Story, President of Solvent Recovery Systems, Inc.
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Note: Toyota tends to manufacture exceptional 4-cylinder engines which perform extremely well and get higher than usual mpg increases with Halo spark plugs. Quite a few 4-cylinder engines only average up to a 9% mpg increase with Halo spark plugs (using summer gas). Generally, because 4-cylinder engines have a longer stroke than V-6 and V-8 engines, do not benefit from the inertia produced by the staggered cylinder-to-adjoining cylinder arrangement of V-6 and V-8 engines, and are under more pound for pound load, there is less room for improvement.

Modern Services Auto (Cary, NC):
(13.45% more highway mpg using summer gas → higher RVP)

1999 GMC Yukon 1500 RWD 5.7L V-8 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	EPA CityMPG/ EPA Hwy MPG	Actual Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug HWY MPG	Increase in Percentage
15	14/18	17.1	19.4%	13.45%

Reaction: “The increased fuel efficiency has saved me hundreds of dollars in fuel costs as I drive hundreds of miles per vehicle per week. Harmful emissions, such as carbon monoxide, are substantially reduced." -- Marshall Lewis, Owner, Modern Services Auto

NOTE: Modern Services, an automotive maintenance and repair center, has installed Halo spark plugs in 100’s of vehicles. Marshall, who drives 105 miles each day, extensively tested the Halo spark plugs before Modern Services began to sell and install them. In May 2005, Marshall was featured in an ABC newscast about the Halo spark plug and the results of his well documented trial (data shown above).

Ted Booker (VA) – Certified Public Accountant:
(16.02% more highway mpg using non-RFG winter gas)

1994 Nissan Pathfinder 4WD 3.0L V-6 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	EPA Hwy MPG	Actual Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug MPG	Increase in Percentage
16	18	18.1	21	16.02%

NOTE: Each business day Ted drives from his home in Arlington, Virginia (i.e., a RFG area – 10% ethanol + 90% gasoline) to his office in Elkton, Virginia, a round trip of 230 miles each day. Fully well knowing how RFG gasoline causes less mpg, he only uses non-RFG gasoline (100% gasoline) that he buys in the Shenandoah Valley area because “that oxygenated gas is nothing but a bunch of crap.”

Lt. Ray Eluhow (VA) – Washington D.C. Metro. Police:
(18.54% more city mpg using RFG winter gas)

1993 Nissan Pathfinder 4WD 3.0L V-6 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	EPA City MPG	Actual City MPG	Halo Spark Plug City MPG	Increase in Percentage
16	15	22.1	17.9	18.54%

Bates Enterprises, LLC (Elkins, WV:
(11.18% and 9.8% more mpg using RFG winter gas → higher RVP)

2002 Chev. Surburban 1500 RWD 5.3L V-8 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Combined City/Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Combined MPG	Increase in Percentage
14/18	16	16.1	17.9	11.18%

2005 Chev. Silverado 1500 AWD 5.3L V-8 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Combined City/Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Combined MPG	Increase in Percentage
14/16	15	15.2	16.7	9.8%

Note: The Halo spark plugs were installed in both GM vehicles in November 2005. On the morning of each business day, the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck is warmed-up (i.e., the trial was conducted during the winter in West Virginia) by one of the owners of Bates Enterprises – who starts the day by driving to a local eatery for breakfast. During the remainder of the day, the Silverado is primarily used to facilitate and oversee (and run various errands) in the management and maintenance of various rental properties.

Clements Custom Car Care (Hot Springs, AR):
(10.8% more mpg using both summer & winter gas)

1992 Cadillac Deville 2WD 4.9L V-8 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Combined City/Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Combined MPG	Increase in Percentage
16/25	19	18.5	20.5	10.8%

Note: Clements Custom Car Care is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas – where the Halo spark plug is now well-known and in high demand. To date, it has installed Halo spark plugs in well over 100 vehicles. The owner, Tim Clements, is an ASC Certified Master Mechanic.

Scott Sebald (Lebanon, OH) – Custom Auto Restoration:
(11.11% more mpg using winter gas)

2003 Chev. Avalanche 1500 4WD 5.3L V-8 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Combined City/Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Combined MPG	Increase in Percentage
13/17	15	13.5	15	11.11%

Paul Flecklin (CA) – Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.:
(11.11% more mpg using RFG winter gas → higher RVP)

1998 Toyota Camry FWD 2.2L L-4 with 4-speed automatic transmission

EPA City MPG EPA Hwy MPG	EPA Combined City/Hwy MPG	Actual Combined City/Hwy MPG	Halo Spark Plug Combined MPG	Increase in Percentage
23/30	26	26.1	29	11.11%

Combination VA & WV “Summer/Winter Gas” Results

1999 Toyota Camry (CE) FWD 2.2L L-4 with 5-speed manual transmission

	EPA Hwy MPG	Halo Hwy MPG	Increase	EPA City MPG	Halo City MPG	Increase
Summer	30	37.5	14.06%	23	27	17.39%
Winter	>32	34.5	9.53%	>23	25.5	13.33%

NOTE: In this trial, the Halo replaced NGK V-Power plugs (the best conventional spark plug in the world). Also, Toyota tends to manufacture exceptional 4-cylinder engines which perform extremely well and get higher than usual mpg increases with Halo spark plugs. A good number of 4-cylinder engines only average up to a 9% mpg increase with Halo spark plugs (using summer gas). Generally, because 4-cylinder engines have a longer stroke than V-6 and V-8 engines, do not benefit from the inertia produced by the staggered cylinder-to-adjoining cylinder arrangement of V-6 and V-8 engines, and are under more pound for pound load, there is less room for improvement.

1997 Toyota 4-Runner (Limited) 4WD 3.4L V-6 with 4-speed automatic transmission

	EPA Hwy MPG	Halo Hwy MPG	Increase	EPA City MPG	Halo City MPG	Increase
Summer	19	22.5	18.42%	16	18	18.75%
Winter	>19	21.5	13.51%	>16	17.5	12.90%

NOTE: In this trial, Halo spark plugs replaced NGK V-Power plugs (the best conventional spark plug in the world). Also, pound for pound, the silky smooth Toyota 3.4L V-6 engine performs extremely well and reflects the exceptional engineering of Toyota products.

McKinney Independent School District (TX) P.U. Fleet Trial:
(22% more city mpg using summer gas)

Ford F-150 4WD P.U. Trucks 5.4L V-8 with 4-Speed Automatic Transmissions

Pre-Halo Average:	Post-Halo Average:	Average MPG Increase:
9 mpg	11 mpg	22%

Reaction: "... the LSG Halo was supposed to deliver a mpg improvement of 12% to 15% but actually delivered 22%+ in our trial with Ford F-150 V8 5.4L trucks."

Tim Dry, Director of Maintenance and Grounds
McKinney Independent School District (Collin County, Texas)

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