i make no guarantees about gains in mileage from acetone, however ive got some comments.
1. my brothers suburban which failed the tailpipe emissions test a year before passed this year with flying colors using acetone (wayyyyy better numbers than my mustang). if you've got a car that might not pass smog, try it, you'll be surprised. 2. a gallon has 128 oz. 1-3 oz of acetone per 1280 oz of gas is not going to harm anything. 3. it would be wise to put acetone in before pumping gas so you mix it up well
look into xylene also, some people use it. it's really all trial and error and you'll need to have consistent conditions to be sure that you had gains strictly from the acetone unless the numbers are just that much better.
< Message edited by Jugador -- 5/6/2007 2:31:20 PM >
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by the time you've finished reading this sentence, you'll realize you wasted like 5 seconds of your life
Jugador I don't know if your old enough to remember when they introduced Gas-O-haul. A mix of , I think 5% alcohol with the gasoline. It really messed up all the carburetors that ran it. The fuel pumps and the rubber fuel lines. This stuff may do nothing to the seals and all the rest of the components of the fuel system, I have no Idea, But to say even a small amount "is not going to harm anything." is just not good advise to give people.
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Jugador I don't know if your old enough to remember when they introduced Gas-O-haul. A mix of , I think 5% alcohol with the gasoline. It really messed up all the carburetors that ran it. The fuel pumps and the rubber fuel lines. This stuff may do nothing to the seals and all the rest of the components of the fuel system, I have no Idea, But to say even a small amount "is not going to harm anything." is just not good advise to give people.
Dude, are you just making up opinions without actually doing any research???? It has all been tested and proven to cause zero problems when used in the appropriate dosages. And how in the hell can you compare styrofoam to anything in an engine???? I'll put it to you this way, nitro-methane, in a 30% methanol mix will not melt a dixie cup, but gasoline will.
AT LEAST USE GOOGLE BEFORE YOU MAKE INCORRECT ASSERTIONS ON A SUBJEST OF WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!
I'm puting it in my tank tomorrow, the worst it will do is NOT give me 50mpg, I have no fear of damage. You probably have more than 2oz of WATER per 10 gallons you get at a gas station anyway, and water is very bad for an engine, but even small doses won't hurt anything. I've run r/c car 33% nitromethane mix and water through my intake to clean my engine and the motor didn't even stumble like it would with seafoam, yet it ran phenomenonally better afterwards.
Jugador I don't know if your old enough to remember when they introduced Gas-O-haul. A mix of , I think 5% alcohol with the gasoline. It really messed up all the carburetors that ran it. The fuel pumps and the rubber fuel lines. This stuff may do nothing to the seals and all the rest of the components of the fuel system, I have no Idea, But to say even a small amount "is not going to harm anything." is just not good advise to give people.
Dude, are you just making up opinions without actually doing any research???? It has all been tested and proven to cause zero problems when used in the appropriate dosages. And how in the hell can you compare styrofoam to anything in an engine???? I'll put it to you this way, nitro-methane, in a 30% methanol mix will not melt a dixie cup, but gasoline will.
AT LEAST USE GOOGLE BEFORE YOU MAKE INCORRECT ASSERTIONS ON A SUBJEST OF WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!
I'm puting it in my tank tomorrow, the worst it will do is NOT give me 50mpg, I have no fear of damage. You probably have more than 2oz of WATER per 10 gallons you get at a gas station anyway, and water is very bad for an engine, but even small doses won't hurt anything. I've run r/c car 33% nitromethane mix and water through my intake to clean my engine and the motor didn't even stumble like it would with seafoam, yet it ran phenomenonally better afterwards.
Ryan
let me know how that goes ryan i wanna try but if i mess anything up i odnt have money fix
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New setup forged 346 cammed ,full bolt ons, stalled and sprayed
around here in the farm belt, there are lots of pre-coolers for produce semi's and u can get dry ice there, if not try a local college or any science lab, they can make you some dry ice, my highschool science lab makes it all the time
v6stang07 you can pic it up at any sherwin williams and, be very carefuly not to get it on your paint, if you do you will be pissed when you what it does, i'm a paint contractor and we use it to get paint off of **** that its not suppose to be on.
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got the motor broke down, and a set of twin turbo on my shelf http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2573360 got my old stang back for free after the guy ****ed it up and gave that pos maro back the the dealer
around here in the farm belt, there are lots of pre-coolers for produce semi's and u can get dry ice there, if not try a local college or any science lab, they can make you some dry ice, my highschool science lab makes it all the time
meijer carries dry ice. also i'm real skeptical on the acetone thing. if it worked so well without any adverse conditions we'd all be using it dont ya think. remember, if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is
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New block/forged internals, 16psi, tuned by Lasota Racing Too many mods to list.. 3.73's and TrueTrac finally! Actual DYNO Tune and meth inj coming this spring
im doing an experiment overnight tonight... ill update you on the results tomorrow sometime
i put an injector seal out of a 5.0l mustang in a cup full of nail polish remover
ill see what this does...and ill post the results
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~1981 Notch, GT body kit, and Saleen wing AOD, w/ 2200 stall, transgo shiftkit, Cold air intake, equal length headers, offroad midpipe, flowmasters, 4.10''s, and my smog stuff is removed.
im doing an experiment overnight tonight... ill update you on the results tomorrow sometime
i put an injector seal out of a 5.0l mustang in a cup full of nail polish remover
ill see what this does...and ill post the results
from what ive read even pure stuff at best swells the rubber seals a tad but if you submerse them in even double the recommended amount percentage wise your suposed to use, at best a barely noticeable swelling was observed. from what ive read plenty of people have done this. It seems like the actual mpg gain is probably more like 20% though. I suppose if it does work the reason why everyone isn't using it is simply because it doesnt work well enough to really be worth messing with everytime you fill up so why bother at all. thats my thought anyway
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New block/forged internals, 16psi, tuned by Lasota Racing Too many mods to list.. 3.73's and TrueTrac finally! Actual DYNO Tune and meth inj coming this spring
thats right, i knew i have used acetone for sumthin, my shop teacher has tons of spirits and acetone, i a have a SW down the street so im gonna pic some up
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