Given facts :
1.0 horsepower (hp) = 550 foot-pounds per second = 2545 Btu per hour = 745.7 watts = 0.746 kW

Kerosene (No. 1 Fuel oil) 135,000 BTU per gallon

gasoline 92 octane 125,ooo Btu per gallon

ethanol 84,400 BTU per gallonGal.

gasohol
(10% ethanol, 90% gasoline) 120,900 Btu per Gal.


So: when we run todays std mix of summer Gasoline/Gasohol we get less Btus per gallon than plain Gas

125,000 Btu - 120,900 = 4100 less or 4100 / 2545 = 1.611 hp/gal

1 gallon = 128 Oz so we add 10% Kerosene (12.8 OZ.) to the present Gasohol mix to increase the Btu content say 10% of 135000 = 13,500 btus for the 13 oz addition.

the remaining 115 oz of Gasohol will produce 90% of its 120,900 btu, = .90 x 120,900 or 108,810 btus

therefore 13,500 + 108,810 = 122,310 mixed btu.

you can add more kero to get back to the old gasolinespower potential.

H.P. potential theory = 122,310 / 2545 = 48.04 H.P per gallon burned.

111 Oz of typical pump Gas

13 OZ #1 Kerosene

4 Oz Airomatic Hydrocarbon (Acetone or Xylene,or Tolune or Benzene) Octane and btu content exceeding gas,kero,alch even race gas- so its all a plus here to err on the more Ozs side.

A much more power producing mixture and also more stable in the tank. you need a few Oz. of Acetone or xylene to promote the mixing by lowering surface tension generally speaking. Plus the Kerosene has lubricating propeties.



and yes ive done the octane and heat of vaporization and dessity mix for 14;1 optimization.

92 octane= 18,400 BTU/lb or 113160 BTU/Gal
so....
113160/2545= 44.46hp/gal. your only adding 4 (theoretical) hp by using a non-to-friendly mix of fuel.
+ in the non theoretical world,
you want to lower the BTU content for greater horsepower gains.
otherwise interesting info Greg,

And exactly how much does this wonder fuel cost per gallon if you have to buy everything from scratch at retail?

the govt lowered the fuels btu wit the alc.
i want to bring it back to normal.
gas engines like kero. i been running it inmy 67 427 truck since the 70s andstill have same plugs,ex,heads etc. i started it then for power gains from the sunoco 260 and it ran coller,more responsive,never frozeup and seemed to win more streetraces.
than it was 20 gal sun 260, 2 gals pump kerosene and 1/2 gallon tolune or acetone off the last paint job.
been playin on the 85 efi lincoln too
but the 88efi gets the odd mixes like strait xylene,acetone and evevn diesel and 100 proof georgie blue mix

O.k. but contrary to everything that I've read, says that the tolulene,xylene, and home brew and 99.99% of all all the over the counter stuff degrades the base fuel. Thus making the fuel itself corrosive. I was just wondering if anyone has tried the Torco Accelerator fuel concentrate?
Here is a link that I found very interesting, and fron the sound of it on other forums it WAY easier that trying to mix the other products correctly.
link:http://www.competitionplus.com/2004_12_09/torco_accelerator.html