Found a trick for better gas milage
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RE: Found a trick for better gas milage
ORIGINAL: motox851
Well that's 10 minutes I won't get back
Well that's 10 minutes I won't get back
I couldn't figure out if the old geezer was arguing with himself or not. For a bit there, I thought he was a split personality. [8D]
FYI, FWIW, I run/ran Acetone. As stated, it was good for a 10% gain... a tad over 1MPG in my case on the average. Factoring in the trouble and the cost, it's was a loss overall in the end when factoring it on the total cost of ownership, but a plus when looking at just the mileage gain. When I think about it, I add 9oz to a full fillup of 92 octane. No troubles. 5 & 7 oz to a fill up reduced my mileage a bit.
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RE: Found a trick for better gas milage
Since some in this post are near the Research Triangle Park
watch your newspaper/TV for EPA announcements
that they have set up their portable fully instrumented rear wheel dyno
in the parking lot of the EPA lab
and are testing hp/torque/MPG and emissions
for free as part of a nationwide survey.
In the past the epa has done this every year or so.
Your tax $ paid for it, why not use it?
You could probably get the EPA operators of this dyno
to let you do an acetone before and after test.
The Mythbusters TV show is the latest to say that they tested acetone in gasoline and found 'Butkiss' level of change.
Those EPA guys at RTP have done research on what should be in RFG (reformulated gasoline) to reduce emissions and how those components affect fuel economy:
http://www.epa.gov/orcdizux/rfgecon.htm
The EPA staff does not believe acetone improves MPG.
Several years ago the Formula One racing rules had limits on how much fuel could be carried by the car. Honda and the French owned oil company Total did extensive research on what blend of fuel gave the greatest range. When Formula One changed the rules later, Honda's student engineers wrote a paper for SAE detailing what they found in their extensive research program. Acetone was not mentioned as a fuel economy improver, but many other chemicals were.
The US Army and Air Force are both operating small pilot-less aircraft for battlefield surveilance. The smallest of these drones use spark ignited engines and could benefit from a fuel that gave them increased range and 'stay aloft time' over targets. Research is going on this, including very innovative proposals for new engine designs like this:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8658
Acetone has not been found to help these pilot-less drones, but increased percentage of toulene in the blend has...just like Honda found in Formula 1.
The Nigerian Email 'help me empty my foreign bank account'
scam has not disappeared after more than 15 years
and finds new victims every year.
The acetone in gasoline scam will probably stay around for years too.
watch your newspaper/TV for EPA announcements
that they have set up their portable fully instrumented rear wheel dyno
in the parking lot of the EPA lab
and are testing hp/torque/MPG and emissions
for free as part of a nationwide survey.
In the past the epa has done this every year or so.
Your tax $ paid for it, why not use it?
You could probably get the EPA operators of this dyno
to let you do an acetone before and after test.
The Mythbusters TV show is the latest to say that they tested acetone in gasoline and found 'Butkiss' level of change.
Those EPA guys at RTP have done research on what should be in RFG (reformulated gasoline) to reduce emissions and how those components affect fuel economy:
http://www.epa.gov/orcdizux/rfgecon.htm
The EPA staff does not believe acetone improves MPG.
Several years ago the Formula One racing rules had limits on how much fuel could be carried by the car. Honda and the French owned oil company Total did extensive research on what blend of fuel gave the greatest range. When Formula One changed the rules later, Honda's student engineers wrote a paper for SAE detailing what they found in their extensive research program. Acetone was not mentioned as a fuel economy improver, but many other chemicals were.
The US Army and Air Force are both operating small pilot-less aircraft for battlefield surveilance. The smallest of these drones use spark ignited engines and could benefit from a fuel that gave them increased range and 'stay aloft time' over targets. Research is going on this, including very innovative proposals for new engine designs like this:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8658
Acetone has not been found to help these pilot-less drones, but increased percentage of toulene in the blend has...just like Honda found in Formula 1.
The Nigerian Email 'help me empty my foreign bank account'
scam has not disappeared after more than 15 years
and finds new victims every year.
The acetone in gasoline scam will probably stay around for years too.
