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Acetone as a gasoline additive Uncle Vic 07-01-2008
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Posted by . on July 1, 2008, 8:40 pm
>=EF=BF=BDI tried it in my Nomad 1500, and noticed a
> tad more power in the upper RPMs, and maybe an extra 1 MPG.

Google found a quarter of a million hits on acetone and fuel
economy...

Acetone might be helping the ignition of your gasoline at higher RPM.=EF=BF=
=BD

Go kart racers used to add 5% acetone to their methanol-based fuel
mixture to improve acceleration and top RPM.

Methanol is slow to burn, so they added 5% gasoline to get the process
started.



Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 2, 2008, 2:18 am

> Google found a quarter of a million hits on acetone and fuel
> economy...

I found over 25 million hits on the Second Coming. Doesn't mean it's
going to happen.

<Snip usual ancient reminiscence and conjecture>

It's snake oil. End of.

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Posted by . on July 2, 2008, 3:18 am
On Jul 1, 11:18=EF=BF=BDpm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:

> I found over 25 million hits on the Second Coming. Doesn't mean it's
> going to happen.

Second coming? You'd be in heaven if you could get an erection for the
*first* coming...


Posted by Uncle Vic on July 2, 2008, 2:24 pm
> On Jul 1, 11:18=EF=BF=BDpm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
>
> Gentleman) wrote:
> > I found over 25 million hits on the Second Coming. Doesn't mean it's
> > going to happen.
>
> Second coming? You'd be in heaven if you could get an erection for the
> *first* coming...

Call your doctor if you experience an erection lasting more than four
hours. Geez, I wonder what happens when it lasts 2000 years...

Uncle Vic

Posted by on July 2, 2008, 2:47 pm
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:24:03 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Vic

>> On Jul 1, 11:18?pm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
>>
>> Gentleman) wrote:
>> > I found over 25 million hits on the Second Coming. Doesn't mean it's
>> > going to happen.
>>
>> Second coming? You'd be in heaven if you could get an erection for the
>> *first* coming...
>
>Call your doctor if you experience an erection lasting more than four
>hours. Geez, I wonder what happens when it lasts 2000 years...

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>
>Uncle Vic

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