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Acetone as a gasoline additive Uncle Vic 07-01-2008
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Posted by Uncle Vic on July 1, 2008, 3:42 pm
Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
in his 1990 Econoline van. He uses it in his KT1200LT too, and it
returns a few extra MPG. I tried it in my Nomad 1500, and noticed a
tad more power in the upper RPMs, and maybe an extra 1 MPG. He says
the ratio should be 1 oz. per 10 gallons. Well, my bike didn't fall
apart on a 3-day road trip, so maybe there's some merit to this. I
did notice some "popping" on engine overrun that wasn't there before,
and it went away when I stopped using it.

Uncle Vic

Posted by flynrider via MotorcycleKB.com on July 1, 2008, 4:15 pm
Uncle Vic wrote:
>Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
>in his 1990 Econoline van.

That would seem to suggest that he's extracting more energy out of a gallon
of gas than before. Since the engine is the same, where is this extra energy
coming from? Acetone contains fewer BTUs than gasoline, not to metion that
the amount being used is too small to affect mileage significantly. Is this
just one of those solutions where "magic" comes into play? Like the guys who
claim to get 100 mpg by adding water to the fuel?

John

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Posted by Uncle Vic on July 1, 2008, 4:57 pm
wrote:
> Uncle Vic wrote:
> >Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
> >in his 1990 Econoline van.
>
> That would seem to suggest that he's extracting more energy out of a gallon
> of gas than before. Since the engine is the same, where is this extra energy
> coming from? Acetone contains fewer BTUs than gasoline, not to metion that
> the amount being used is too small to affect mileage significantly. Is this
> just one of those solutions where "magic" comes into play? Like the guys who
> claim to get 100 mpg by adding water to the fuel?
>

Thanks for the scientific input, can't argue with that. Although I
didn't mention that for it to work properly, one must perform a little
dance around the tank...

Uncle Vic



Posted by Timberwoof on July 1, 2008, 8:23 pm
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> wrote:
> > Uncle Vic wrote:
> > >Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better
> > >mileage in his 1990 Econoline van.
> >
> > That would seem to suggest that he's extracting more energy out
> > of a gallon
> > of gas than before. Since the engine is the same, where is this
> > extra energy coming from? Acetone contains fewer BTUs than
> > gasoline, not to metion that the amount being used is too small to
> > affect mileage significantly. Is this just one of those solutions
> > where "magic" comes into play? Like the guys who claim to get 100
> > mpg by adding water to the fuel?
> >
>
> Thanks for the scientific input, can't argue with that. Although I
> didn't mention that for it to work properly, one must perform a
> little dance around the tank...

A friend of mine does that every time he fills up without getting off
the bike first. He says it gives the gasoline a chance to evaporate off
his pants.

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Posted by Who Me? on July 1, 2008, 5:03 pm


> Like the guys who
> claim to get 100 mpg by adding water to the fuel?
>

It's true, I tell you, it's TRUE. Pigs CAN fly!



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