Improving gas mileage

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

For the past day I've been reading about adding acetone to gasoline to improve fuel efficiency. I wonder if anyone here has tried it or would be willing to give a phatmass experiment of this a whirl. Considering how they add ethanol in high quantites to gasoline in some places already, I don't think putting a tad bit of acetone would hurt your engine. Check out these articles.

[url="http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm"]http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm[/url]
[url="http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/"]http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005...900069_Acetone/[/url]

[prose]

Looks cool, but I wouldn't risk it...

[Old_Joe]

I know if your tires are properly inflated, it improves gas mileage by 1 or 2 MPG (miles per gallon, not the movie file)

[zabbazooey]

woooo one mile

i wouldn't risk it....

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='zabbazooey' date='Sep 8 2005, 12:29 PM']woooo one mile

i wouldn't risk it....
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It's still an improvement.

[philothea]

Hrmn. Acetone dissolves stuff that gasoline and alcohol don't.

Hopefully not any of the stuff in your hoses and gaskets...

[zabbazooey]

I'm just too skeptical about this sort of thing....doesn't acetone dissolve things?

oops....exactly what philothea said!

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

Yeah, it dissolves a lot of plastics and rubber, but perhaps in a low concentration it won't be harmful. I would like to see more proof before I put this stuff in my tank. If only Mythbusters would do an episode on this.

[Don John of Austria]

[quote name='zabbazooey' date='Sep 8 2005, 12:29 PM']woooo one mile

i wouldn't risk it....
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you wouldnt risk having your tires properly inflated?

[Dreamweaver]

Heh, this reminds me of when I had a bottle of fuel additive in the trunk of my car, for those "just in case" very cold/hard to start the car engine winter mornings. I never needed it, and two years later, I found the bottle in my car. Completely empty. Somehow it must have evaporated/spilled in my trunk.

I don't think that the amount of acetone that they tell you to add would significantly harm the engine. Not sure if it would help much though. Who knows, I'm not a genius when it comes to chemistry! (got a D in the second semester of organic chem!)

[prose]

[quote]you wouldnt risk having your tires properly inflated?[/quote]

[Iacobus]

I don't know if I would try it or not. I would make a simluated engine and test it first, but I don't have that type of money, time, or ambition. The best advice I can give if 1) keep your tires up, 2) drive 55, 3) ROLL UP your windows and use the A/C at speeds higher then 55 (the windows produce more drag and uses more gas then the A/C at those speeds), 4) take out the junk, for every 200 pounds in your car, subtract 1 mpg.

[argent_paladin]

I'd give it a try. But the real good advice is to monitor your fuel consumption. I didn't know you could buy an external monitor. I might have to try that. At $120 it sounds expensive but if you saved 10% that would mean about $3 a fill up and you would break even in less than a year.

[Theoketos]

Maybe I should buy a 300 dollar car and see if it ruins something immediately.

Edited September 21, 2005 by Theoketos

[dUSt]

With gas prices so high, I find it more economical to buy old cheap junkers that barely run with full tanks, drive them until they run out of gas, and then buy another one.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='dUSt' date='Sep 21 2005, 01:13 PM']With gas prices so high, I find it more economical to buy old cheap junkers that barely run with full tanks, drive them until they run out of gas, and then buy another one.
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That really saves you having to worry about acetone eating through things in your engine.

[Proud2BCatholic139]

RIght now I am looking at getting a new car.
So, currently I get 15 miles a gallon with my '89 Bronco.
I don't think with my income I'll get getting one with great gas miliage soon.
Just don't drive over 55 on the high way and you will preserve gas.

[Guest T-Bone]

Kerosene actually does inprove mileage.

White gas (coleman fuel) will run in most older cars. (Not sure about the new ones.) If gas gets any more exensive, I'm buying a beater, and running it on white gas.

White Gas - $3.50 /gal
Regular Gas - $2.999/gal