Acetone and engine performance

I'm hearing that adding 3 ounces of acetone to 10 gallons of gas gives you more power and a smoother running motor. I guess it doesn't work with the corn additive gas,but even gives better mileage. Up to 25% I'm told. Anyone ever tried this? I know I'll get the straight poop from you guys and gales!

 

didn't notice a differance in my 91 Toyota truck 4cyl. and I did it for two months, a tech at work says it helps a lot in his diesel truck. I don't think it does a whole lot myself. My BG rep also did it in his delivery truck for a number of months and said he didn't notice a significant differance

 

There's probably enough threads on this, in different boards, to publish a book. It seems just like the topics on oil; everyone's got a different opinion. Some swear by it, others say it doesn't work.

One problem is that it's very difficult to perform a true "blind" test. The very act of calculating your mileage could easily affect your driving style, to a greater or lesser extent. To me, anyone who says they tried it & it worked miracles is a little suspect. That doesn't mean it won't work; just that the driver needs to be totally unaware when it is being used, or isn't....and, preferably, isn't even aware that mileage is being tracked. Easier said than done, probably.

FWIW, gasoline/refining experts seem to scoff at the idea, & have some fairly convincing data to back up their claims. Diesel fuel may be another story.

 

I'm not a at all surprised with the opinions of the FWIW, but I don't beleive we get the whole truth from any of the oil industries. I know that when I used a 10% corn mix to my pickup my mileage drops. So what is the use.

 

I should just let this sink off page one, but I can't resist:

1 gal = 128 oz x 10 gals = 1280 oz
3oz/1280oz = .0022 = .2%
that's only 2 tenths of 1 percent acetone added.

I don't see how you'd even notice that little an amount of nitro.

The people that claim a 25% increase in mileage, do they sell acetone, by any chance?

Please correct my math/logic if I'm mistaken.

 

22 ten thousanths.

 

Yes, Your math is correct,I guess I'll have to file this info along with my penis growing formula.

 

acetone contains tuline and that is a part of gas that gives unleaded its octane for the most part. in the 80's in F-1 raceing they used 86% tuline in their cars and got over 1500hp out of a 1.5 liter motor.tuline has a natural octain of over 118 but it could be hell on rubber seals. you can buy just pure tuline and i think if you buy 55gal at a time it comes out to like 2.50 a gal but the exhaust gases that it produces are very toxic but hey its safer than hydrazine

 

do not run pure tuline as fule it alone will wash the oil off your cylinder walls add atf to the tuline to help prevent this....btw ever wonder why race gass smells like paint thinner? becouse of the tuline content!

 

I used to mix tolene in with my gas on my WRX. about 3 gal per 10 gal of gas. Made for a pretty good mix. Turn up the boost and watch out. I was told it was bad on cats. Took all 3 out of the rex so no problems. The exhaust smelt so good.

 

Tuline? Maybe Toluene? I could be wrong, but I'm not finding any information on tuline..................but have worked around toluene and toluol before.

Acetone contains something with around 118 octane? Even if acetone had a 118 octane rating, mixing it at .2% isn't going to amount to much.

Now, the formula I heard was 3oz of acetone per gallon of gas, not 3oz per 10 gallons. Opinions seem to vary..............and I have no clue where to buy "pure" gas these days. The only place that had it around here went with 10% ethanol when gas prices first went over $2.80.

Tim D.

 

ok how bout all that octane booster, is it really worth anything? sure cost alot

 

Internal combustion engines are heat engines. The more B.T.U.s in the fuel the more work"power" an engine can produce. The reason alcohol laced fuels give worse mpg is because there is less B.T.U.s per gallon than straight gasoline. Think about it,in an alcohol burning engine ya gotta use alot more alcohol to make the same level of H.P. than gas,however when tuned properly and with the right compression using that huge volume of alky will make gobs more H.P. It is a tradeoff. They are fukin us on gas and now oil. Now compressed natural gas is the way to go,but alas you and I cannot buy the home refilling stations needed to support our vehicles. Something about the government not getting there taxes if we fill up at home...did ya ever stop to think just how much tax is per gallon of gas