35% increase mileage

[Rodney007]

And if you believe that acetone can improve fuel mileage by 35%, then congratulations, you have bent chemistry. Go back to Chem 101 and review heat of reactions. Although it is possible to increase the thermal efficiency of a gasoline/oxygen reaction, 35% is asking more than is possible.

Can you point to a single verifiable test that backs up your claim?

(pesn.com...) - Up to 35% increase reported. Acetone said to improve the fuel's ability to vaporize completely by eliminating the surface tension that causes an increase in particulate vaporization temperature. (PESN; March 18, 2005)

im no scientist, infact i dont even know if this is true,
but im willing to give it a go,
and with experiments showing %35 increased fuel mileage why not!
and il also run new airfilter/fuel filter/plugs/leads/oil/oil filter too..
which combined should give good results,

but yeah il throw some in on dyno day and will let the figures speak for them selfs

[Paul in NZ]

And you base that on?

Put a tinfoil hat in a microwave and try it..... It will wreck your microwave 35% faster

[Pascal]

50 years of testing has been no negative effects or results on engines, is commonly used in aviation for reliablity,

I reserve the right to remain sceptical. But I see your Acetone and raise you a good glass of H2O. Seeing that you seem to be believing everything you read on the internet.

My question is this - if this is true - why is nobody selling this and making a fortune? Don't you think people would be paying at least 50% of the gas savings that could be realized? Especially in the current economic climate?

As the old saying goes ... if it sounds too good to be true ... it probably is. And I wouldn't be throwing any kind of crap in my petrol tank based off a comment on the old intraweb.

Anyway ... time to get a beer and flick over to the Worlds' Fastest Indian.

[The Pastor]

there is no way for this to work idiots, its just a chirstmas windup

[hayd3n]

there is no way for this to work idiots, its just a chirstmas windup

well xmas is over so it could work now

[motorbyclist]

petrolium has same effects on rubbers and plastics as acetone,

was not aware of that... havent looked at chemistry in a while, but are you sure of this? technically ethanol has the same effect too, but by a different mechanism/reaction....


still skeptical about the claims in general though - if it was that good we'd already be running it with some government legislation to force it in the name of carbon emmission

[bsasuper]

I think you have to use this wonder fuel with those sparkplug stickers that boosts their spark energy, just wrap the sticker around the insulator and hey presto!

[scumdog]

was not aware of that... havent looked at chemistry in a while, but are you sure of this? technically ethanol has the same effect too, but by a different mechanism/reaction....


still skeptical about the claims in general though - if it was that good we'd already be running it with some government legislation to force it in the name of carbon emmission

And how expensive is the acetone per litre??

Less than say 35% of the cost of gasoline???

[Jantar]

(pesn.com...) - Up to 35% increase reported. Acetone said to improve the fuel's ability to vaporize completely by eliminating the surface tension that causes an increase in particulate vaporization temperature. (PESN; March 18, 2005)...

I've finally had the opportunity to read the article at WWW.PESN.com. It is certainly well buried, and justifiably so. It is not a test, or even a report on a test, just a claim as you have repeated here.

However on the same website is the result of a test http://pesn.com/2005/03/25/6900071_Acura_Acetone/ which actually gave a decrease in fuel mileage, not an increase. So the very website you quote have themselves bebunked this claim.

[James Deuce]

Snopes seems to have gotten pop-up disease, still...

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/acetone.asp

There's plenty to google about this claim.

No point quoting snopes or pointing people to Google on KB.

Motorbicyclists prefer to believe mythology and superstition over science every time.

I think it's because they think their bike will fall over if they start believing in science. That and the fact that Google and Snopes are FBI/CIA conspiracies to suppress the spread of the tide of inventions resulting from Roswell.

[Rodney007]

I've finally had the opportunity to read the article at WWW.PESN.com. It is certainly well buried, and justifiably so. It is not a test, or even a report on a test, just a claim as you have repeated here.

However on the same website is the result of a test http://pesn.com/2005/03/25/6900071_Acura_Acetone/ which actually gave a decrease in fuel mileage, not an increase. So the very website you quote have themselves bebunked this claim.

that was joe blogs, and he ran 3.4 oz to 10 gallons of gasoline

the recomended is 3 oz

plus did he drain the remaining fuel from the tank, pump, lines, fuel rail?

was his mix fully true?

just a bit too much and a decrease happens

[Jantar]

that was joe blogs, and he ran 3.4 oz to 10 gallons of gasoline

the recomended is 3 oz

plus did he drain the remaining fuel from the tank, pump, lines, fuel rail?

was his mix fully true?

just a bit too much and a decrease happens

Oh. I read it as being trialled by Sterling D. Allan, and according to the curves 3.4 oz per 10 gallons is almost exactly at the optimum point. The curves also show the point at which it is too rich and causes a decrease is around 6 oz per 10 gallons.

Sorry, both chemistry and an actual test both show that this claim is bogus.

[AllanB]

I read on the net that if you add it to your beer you get pissed 35% quicker but you can still get a hard-on.

Pics soon.........

[James Deuce]

I read on the net that if you add it to your beer you get pissed 35% quicker but you can still get a hard-on.

Pics soon.........

Noooooo, won't anyone think of the children?

[imdying]

Rodney, you're a fool.