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Old 12 July 2007, 09:44 PM
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Default acetone mixed w/fuel increase 15-35%!!!

as per title.... i watched this metacafe clip about increasing mpg when u add a little acetone to ur fuel. has any1 tried it? will it damage ur engine?
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Old 12 July 2007, 10:00 PM
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Acetone is a solvent, and a strong one at that, for MANY plastics.

I'm not sure I'd try it until somone else has.

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Old 12 July 2007, 10:14 PM
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myth was busted on mythbusters, they did prove though that you can run a diesel on cooking oil :P
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reli?!
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IIRC they got something pathetic like 0.2 mpg loss (remember US gallons are less than ours ).

Mind, it doesn't take into account that extra tuning of fuel mixture and ignition timing may or may not get a gain.




Anyhoo sod that.... Kari Byron Mmmm

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