Re: acetone in da gas?????
[Re: HemiGreg]
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01/05/06 08:35 PM
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more viewers than 71 Cuda Grille and no one else has any thing constructive to add????????
Yep - these guys getting all this extra milage must really get tired of pumping the gas out of their tanks.
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Re: acetone in da gas?????
[Re: HemiGreg]
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01/05/06 09:30 PM
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I believe thunderstruck is AWESTRUCK TMI. Or he was being sarcastic? Its far easier to be a smart than SMART. No insult intended or implied. This is interesting stuff but its beyond my education or lack there of. I thought anything more flamable would be more likley to detonate/lower octane? Or is that vapor point? Is this actually cost effective for milage and power?
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Re: acetone in da gas?????
[Re: HemiGreg]
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01/06/06 03:40 AM
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Hemigreg I find mostly the same. On my FI 89 Honda accord still getting 2 mpg more with acetone. On the 77 chrysler lebaron I'm getting almost 8 mpg more 5 mpg on average. TQ and lean burn intact. Also as noted I have gone down from running 93 to running 89 octane no ping audible. These are city driven calculations.
As far as how much I use I am using alot less then 20% but i have started to just measure by eye and go with that. I am very happy with the results.
I have been running 3 tanks with. 3 tanks with out and can see a notciable differance first fill up on the switch.
Only vehicle it hasn't worked on is the wife's 99 astro van awd. Ran 4 tanks with acetone on the way back from Miami Fl. and did not see any noticable differnace. Dunno why but I blame GM.
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Re: acetone in da gas?????
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01/06/06 08:39 AM
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My "average Joe mechanic" experiment is complete.
The daily-driven vehicles under my care are: 1994 Ford Taurus 3.0L V6 1995 Chrysler Town & Country 3.8L V6 AWD
I used Sheetz "Regular Unleaded" gasoline throughout the experiment, as that is what I've been using for over a year now, and I didn't want to introduce any new variables. I performed the experiment for about two months. The average MPG of the above vehicles did not change; no improvement nor degradation of fuel economy was noted. My wife (who drives the van) didn't even realize that I was adding the acetone! The only difference I observed was that the Taurus motor seemed to idle a little smoother. Even before reading this latest series of posts, I realized that with continued usage, the acetone must have cleaned some deposits in the fuel-delivery system. But overall, this was not enough to justify the cost. I discontinued adding the acetone about two weeks ago.
I think the results will vary wildly, depending on who you ask. There are too many variables to say that ONE additive will be the cure-all in all situations. Quality of gasoline presently used, compression ratios, fuel atomization, spark plugs, operating temperature, driving conditions, atmospheric conditions, quench, etc. The list goes on and on!! Therefore, I think adding acetone will neither help nor hurt the performance in MOST cars. I think adding it will hurt some cars, and it will help some cars. The typical "bell curve".
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Acetone in your No Lead?????
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01/09/06 06:20 PM
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Actually tested this in a semi controlled environment. 2002 VW Jetta. 4 holer. 23K miles. DTW (Detroit Metro Airport) to ORD (Chicago O'Hare). Without 27.4 mpg. With 29.3 MPG. New Plugs, Oil, Oil and air filters before 1st trip/test. Same car, same miles, same driver, same load, even real close to the same temp out, there and back. 1.9 mpg increase. Mixture: 1 oz to 6 gallons. Terry Bogusz GSE Manager Spitit Airlines Detroit Metro Airport
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Re: Acetone in your No Lead?????
[Re: HemiGreg]
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01/12/06 07:08 PM
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amazing isnt it? this post is immortal. being the author of acetone in da gas. i never imagined this would go on for so long well i have been useing it since last september 2 ounces up to6 ounces per 10 gallons of gas and thats many many tanks in that amount of time and yes it does seem to make the engine run smmother at idle. but i have never had an increase in mpg. even in a couple of road trips rangeing from 500 to 1000 mile trips. but my fuel system and carb is still new and clean. well it's a year and1/2 old. this has been my expierence with ass a tone in da gas. oh yeah do you all like the new challenger that was at the car show??? wisht i had one
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Re: acetone in da gas?????
[Re: HemiGreg]
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12/09/06 01:12 AM
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Has anyone tried this at the strip. IE: with acetone and without to compare ETs or on a dyno to quantify HP increases? Just curious.
1972 Plymouth Cuda 340 4 speed
1971 Plymouth Road Runner 383 Auto
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