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    via wikipedia
    list and discussion of gas additives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_additive

    and heres some talk about acetone: http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/u...0;t=000594;p=1

    acetone has been to interest of a lot of people because of fuel efficiency, but it appears to be bunk. I wonder if it could help with hp? heheheh
    looks like it would do more for a carb, than f. inj, but I might throw a bit in next time I can afford to fill up.

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    I tried the acetone thing over two tanks of gas on a road trip, and it did not do anything. Actually it decreased mileage a little. I wonder if, because the octane rating of acetone is about 150, it probably turned the regular 87 gas I used into premium.
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      my english professor refused to accept any sources from wikipedia... it's just not a credible source for information.

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        Originally posted by tkoforpresident View Post
        my english professor refused to accept any sources from wikipedia... it's just not a credible source for information.
        thats bs, its much more credible than most encyclopedias. however, this is the wrong place for a rant.

        the acetone has some interesting chemistry, but the effect is better vaporization, something we're already getting pretty well thanks to fuel injectors.

        Also makes me wonder how fuel oxegenation works?

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          Mythbusters just did the Acetone thing. They busted everything they tried.
          Last edited by Bonemaro; 06-26-2008, 04:43 PM.

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            Originally posted by Bonemaro View Post
            Mythbusters just did the Acetone thing. They busted every they tried.
            yep. but that was on efficiency right? they put that thing on a dyno?

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            • #7
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              Yeah, they were driving it on a dyno.

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