Re: 10 to 25% better MPG, with 2 or 3 ounces of Acetone per 10 gals of gas

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop (AT) nastydesigns (DOT) com> wrote

In article <ol4s33hhreq1o7jj82h41kc1913jgtvv8h (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
SnoMan <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote:

Pure BS!!!!!! There is no magic snale oil that you can add to fuel to
increase efficency 10 to 25% period. This is kinda like the 80 MPG
carbs that were supposed to exist in 60's and 70's because people want
to believe in it. Heat energy is what drives a motor

Speaking of which, whatever happened to Smokey Yunick's adiabatic
engines?

Great question! There's the thinking man showing up. That idea would work
if you could build a ceramic engine or something like that. Adiabatic
engines melt down.

I cant really comment on acetone increasing mpg, and I have my doubts.
I would believe it to clean the fuel system though, since it is a
powerful solvent, and I have used it with a brush to clean carburetors
during rebuilding them. I have also used lacquer thinner. Both work
better to clean parts than the so called "carb cleaners". However, I
would not use either as an additive, since I'd tend to think the both
of them could damage the rubber and other synthetic parts of a
carburetor/injector and other fuel components including the fuel hoses
and fuel pump rubber parts.

On the other hand, about 20 or more years ago I worked for a roofing
company. We had large drums of Naptha which was used to clean rubber
roofing prior to using the adhesive on the rubber. Several of the
guys would add a pint or so of this Naptha to a tank of gas, and
claimed it would increase engine power. They said that this was used
in racing fuels.

After seeing that none of them were having engine problems and knowing
it would not harm rubber, I decided to give it a try, and they were
right. I noticed a significant increase in engine power. This was an
older car with a carburetor. How it would work with injectors is
questionable. Supposedly it increased octane. I began to use it
regularly, since it was available and free for the taking. I never
had any engine problems, in fact that Chevy V8 engine lasted over
300,000 miles, and still ran when the transmission finally died and
the body was falling apart from rust.




On Sun, 06 May 2007 17:46:09 GMT, SnoMan <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote:

On 6 May 2007 10:00:50 -0700, Max <maxhemust (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Maybe you work for an oil company.
Scientific testing indicates that it works:


Pure BS!!!!!! There is no magic snale oil that you can add to fuel to
increase efficency 10 to 25% period. This is kinda like the 80 MPG
carbs that were supposed to exist in 60's and 70's because people want
to believe in it. Heat energy is what drives a motor and acetone is
not going to increase the heat content of fuel 10 to 25% to allow it
to produce more power. I suspect that some that claimed to have
benifited from it is because it is a power solvent and it cleaned out
their fuel system so it worked better (so would a bottle of fuel
system cleaner) and they believed it was the magic of acetone. You are
far more likely to gain 5 or 10% more MPG with higher octane fuel in a
modern engine than with any snake oil like acetone. A modern gas
engine is about 30% efficent (give or take) at best and there is about
50 HP in a gallon of 100% gas which mean best case is maybe about 16
HP hours at fly wheel for each gallon of fuel burned. No snake oil is
going to change this but a fuel octane too low can reduce efficency so
less power is captured from fuel.
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| > There is no magic snale oil that you can add to fuel to

increase efficency 10 to 25%

If injectors* are very clogged, 1 / 2 bottles of detergent can
clean * til efficiency may rise by 10%.
www.aa1car.com/library/2003/ic30336.htm
I find Abro brand can work, but no brand names its ingredient,
all very coy.