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Originally Posted by old_master
Eric, Here's a link to the "republican" version of Acetone use in fuel: http://www.pureenergysystems.com/new...00069_Acetone/
I don't feed my engine a steady diet of it due to the hassle involved, but on the occasional trip, I'll add it. Without a doubt it improves fuel mileage, and cleans EGR passages and the like, but as for performance ...never noticed any difference |
You may be right. Many people try to tell me that I need to run “high octane” gas in my 1950 GM truck, but it's not actually the octane but the vaporization rate of the fuel being used. Check this out:
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_inte...ge_engines.pdf Older vehicles have less efficient carburation and depend partially on the fuel to vaporize at a predetermined rate. The vaporization rate of gasoline was higher in the days before it became more scarce and other byproducts such as acetone were distilled out of it but reintroducing a large range of hydrocarbons may actually defeat the design of modern engines despite their short term advantages, and by the way, increased mileage is increased perfomance.
Here's a link to why I'm no longer a republican, from way back before becoming an independent became fashionable:
http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/...d=oid%3A154375
And another link to my view of Earth Day:
http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/...oid=oid%3A2154