The Broquet Fuel Catalyst dramatically improves the combustion characteristics
of petrol and diesel fuel. It also allows the safe use of premium unleaded in
all older "leaded" or "super unleaded" only petrol-engined
vehicles and acts as a decarbonising agent in all engines. That a 50 year old
technology can be relevant today is often greeted with initial scepticism but
the fact remains that it does work as stated and is now recognised by many
leading motor clubs and commentators as one of the most significant
"rediscoveries", in fuel technology terms, for many years. The late
Henry Broquet brought the concept back from the Russian front during WW2 where
it was first conceived as a means of upgrading inferior quality local fuel to
enable British Hurricane aircraft to operate satisfactorily.
Broquet is not an additive but an actual catalyst (technically a liquid phase
catalyst) which enhances a process - in this case the actual combustion of
fuel, by modifying the chemical nature of the fuel, without itself materially
changing. Whilst the concept may seem strange the use of metals as catalysts
for chemical change is widespread in industry even though the exact catalytic
mechanism is not always fully understood.
DTI, Warren Spring Laboratory tested Broquet in a petrol test engine and
found:- a) CO emissions reduced, on average, by 41% b) HC emissions reduced,
on average, by 31% and c) An improvement in fuel economy (by between 1.7 -
5.2% in an initial test and by up to 10.85% in further testing).
Casella Environmental Ltd, an internationally respected environmental testing
organisation, tested Broquet and found similar reductions in CO and HC
emissions and for a diesel test engine found particulate emissions (smoke)
reduced by up to 55%. Parallel tests by an independent consulting engineer
demonstrated, under rolling road conditions using an electrical dynamometer,
improvements in fuel economy, in a variety of test engines, of between 7 - 10%
for leaded petrol, unleaded petrol and diesel.
Practical Motorist magazine tested Broquet and reported (January 1994) that
they saved more than 13p per gallon, after fitting Broquet, on an engine
already using unleaded petrol and that CO emissions were reduced by between 68
- 94% and HC emissions were reduced by 30 - 70%.
In the UK Broquet has enabled thousands of "non-convertible" older
petrol engines to run perfectly on ordinary unleaded petrol. Some of these
engines have completed well over 100,000 miles on unleaded.
Broquet has been reported on extensively by the Civil Service Motoring
Association who have tested it themselves and reported a satisfactory outcome
to their 300,000 plus members. Literally thousands of CSMA members use Broquet,
mostly as a means of running older "leaded-only" engines on unleaded
petrol. Several thousand members have been using the product completely
successfully for several years since it was first reported on in September
1989. Collectively CSMA members have covered over 200 million miles using
unleaded with engines protected with Broquet and in September 1993 their
membership magazine recorded that not a single case of engine damage had been
notified by any member using the Catalyst. In January 1994 their monthly
journal published the results of a survey of members using Broquet and reported
"The Broquet Catalyst not only works but that the improvements in
all-round engine performance can be quite dramatic".
It is used in many specialist applications including race tuned engines where
extra engine power is put to full effect. In the Far East Broquet gives an
extra 10 bhp to a race tuned Porsche 911. The fastest Triumph Stag in the world
- a 1972 model powered by a 585 bhp "leaded-only" Chevy V8 engine
regularly races in Europe reaching speeds of up to 180 mph at 8,200 revs, all
on unleaded courtesy of Broquet; a fairly severe test by any standard. In the
1997 Peking to Paris 10,200 mile Classic and Vintage Car Motor Challenge 16
entrants installed Broquet to help overcome the problems encountered using low
grade fuel (especially at high altitude). The overall Rally winner and two
class winners were driving with Broquet installed. A 1955 Austin 105 with
Broquet installed won the 10,500 mile 1998 London to Cape Town Classic Car
Endurance Trial.
The origins of Broquet go back more than 50 years; it is not a nineties
"wonder" product. The Daily Telegraph (6/12/93) noted the early use
of the Catalyst by 81 Squadron, in Russia, in 1941.
Every Broquet unit is supplied with a full money back guarantee together with a
no-engine-damage warranty underwritten in the sum of ,one million pounds.
Fact Sheet compiled by D Lock & Associates - Tel 01903 745441 Fax 01903 741130
