improve mpg? buy pure acetone?

justnobody · April 18th, 2007, 10:50 PM

my friends telling me he put this in his tank and he went from 24mpg to 34mpg .. he said he bought it at our local CVS. my other friend claim to try this as well and hes seen an improvement there both being dead serious bout it .. still have my doubts .. anyone else heard of it? ..

http://www.pureenergysystems.com/new...00069_Acetone/

http://www.wisebread.com/can-acetone...ur-gas-mileage

BWAL09 · April 18th, 2007, 10:57 PM

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Tony_90fox · April 18th, 2007, 10:59 PM

Didnt we just discuss this yesterday?

HMUSN · April 18th, 2007, 11:00 PM

WAVEBYE · April 18th, 2007, 11:10 PM

anyone ever seen the movie groundhog day?

BWAL09 · April 18th, 2007, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by WAVEBYE

anyone ever seen the movie groundhog day?

lol what does that have to do with anything

NottyBoy93 · April 18th, 2007, 11:58 PM

Chemically will acetone help promote combustion and improve gas mileage..short answer yes. It is an alcohol (acetyl alcohol to be exact) here is the issue, it is very hard on fuel lines and plastic components, will attack the oil film on engine components. Other than that you can practically drink it...lol

Tony_90fox · April 19th, 2007, 12:02 AM

LOL, i wouldnt say that on here!

232stang · April 19th, 2007, 12:17 AM

umm cheap alcohol.... hmm should i be in love?
jk my uncle died from alcohol poisoning. i blame the 2 for $1 bottle of green alcohol at the dollar store. im not shitting you either he was found dead in a hotel room with tons of empty bottles of rubbing alcohol.

stephen · April 19th, 2007, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by justnobody

my friends telling me he put this in his tank and he went from 24mpg to 34mpg .. he said he bought it at our local CVS. my other friend claim to try this as well and hes seen an improvement there both being dead serious bout it .. still have my doubts .. anyone else heard of it? ..

http://www.pureenergysystems.com/new...00069_Acetone/

http://www.wisebread.com/can-acetone...ur-gas-mileage

Very interesting. I looked quickly at the article and it claims that very small amounts of acetone improve vaporization of the fuel. The percentage of acetone is so low that it would be doubtful it could cause any harm.

The gains in fuel mileage reported can't possibly come from inproved vaporization unless they are claiming some 20-30% of the fuel is unburned without the additive. I'm quite sure that the percentage of unburned fuel is very small. So if I were reviewing the paper I would reject it outright, since it seems to violate the first law of thermodynamics. Possibly the presence of small amounts of oxygenated species has some catalytic effect which improves combustion efficiency, but that has been tried by adding ethanol and other oxygenated species such as MTBE. It wouldn't seem that it should work, but if people try it and see an effect it would certainly be interesting.

There is a research program here at Stanford looking at alternative fuels and perhaps I'll pass this by someone here.

In brief, sounds too good to be true.

03 R Code · April 19th, 2007, 12:36 PM

I didn't read any of the links posted, but I'm still left wondering...

What is the first law of thermodynamics?

stephen · April 19th, 2007, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by 03 R Code

I didn't read any of the links posted, but I'm still left wondering...

What is the first law of thermodynamics?

basically conservation of energy. So if essentially all the fuel is being burned already there is no extra energy to be obtained by a small improvement in combustion efficiency.

What I do know is that thermodynamic efficiency of an internal combustion engine increases with higher compression ratios so diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines, but that wouldn't be happening here.

I referred this to Prof. Heinz Pitsch who is an expert on combustion and fluid mechanics and is involved in a program to determine the thermodynamic efficiency of various fuels including oxygenated fuels.

WAVEBYE · April 20th, 2007, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Tony_90fox

Didnt we just discuss this yesterday?

Originally Posted by BWAL09

Originally Posted by WAVEBYE

anyone ever seen the movie groundhog day?

lol what does that have to do with anything

see the relevence? lol

Dennis-96GT · April 21st, 2007, 01:50 AM

oh for gods sake would someone try it already to see what happens lol

and no im not just saying that to hope that it works to save me some gas money i swear haha and no im not a guinea pig

MSO · April 21st, 2007, 03:09 AM

everything has a downside to it. w/o exception. theres no such thing as something that can increase gas mileage like that w/o a downside.

engines that get good gas mileage hav no power. adding a turbo is expensive. adding this stuff is jus retarded. it will only affect mileage in damaging doses. wuts more important to u? couple bucks now? or a lot later?

Dennis-96GT · April 21st, 2007, 11:39 AM

nah im talking like if your planning on making a multi hour vacation trip it might help not on a tank by tank basis

Hourofpain · April 23rd, 2007, 10:04 AM

damn
ill try it and see what the results are

Hows that?

homebrewed · April 23rd, 2007, 05:09 PM

Check out http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...e-vt21744.html

ujslost · April 24th, 2007, 12:25 AM

damn I gotta subscribe to this.

This is intresting from both point of views.

Horseshoeing · April 24th, 2007, 06:12 AM

Try it someome

April 18th, 2007, 10:50 PM	#1
justnobody Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 21	improve mpg? buy pure acetone? my friends telling me he put this in his tank and he went from 24mpg to 34mpg .. he said he bought it at our local CVS. my other friend claim to try this as well and hes seen an improvement there both being dead serious bout it .. still have my doubts .. anyone else heard of it? .. http://www.pureenergysystems.com/new...00069_Acetone/ http://www.wisebread.com/can-acetone...ur-gas-mileage

April 18th, 2007, 10:59 PM	#3
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April 18th, 2007, 11:10 PM	#5
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April 19th, 2007, 12:02 AM	#8
Tony_90fox MM Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 3,445	LOL, i wouldnt say that on here! __________________ Suck on it Trebek. Suck it long, suck it hard.

April 21st, 2007, 01:50 AM	#14
Dennis-96GT Enthusiast 1996 Mustang GT 11h47m32s Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: ozark mo Posts: 649	oh for gods sake would someone try it already to see what happens lol and no im not just saying that to hope that it works to save me some gas money i swear haha and no im not a guinea pig __________________ Red Mustang Society: Founder POLITICS THE MOST ACURTE USE OF A WORD POLI=MANY TICS=BLOOD SUCKING CREATURES

April 19th, 2007, 12:36 PM	#11
03 R Code Hardcore Enthusiast unstoppable @ speed of light Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Knees deep in dat ass Posts: 2,833	I didn't read any of the links posted, but I'm still left wondering... What is the first law of thermodynamics?

April 21st, 2007, 11:39 AM	#16
Dennis-96GT Enthusiast 1996 Mustang GT 11h47m32s Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: ozark mo Posts: 649	nah im talking like if your planning on making a multi hour vacation trip it might help not on a tank by tank basis __________________ Red Mustang Society: Founder POLITICS THE MOST ACURTE USE OF A WORD POLI=MANY TICS=BLOOD SUCKING CREATURES

April 23rd, 2007, 10:04 AM	#17
Hourofpain Hardcore Enthusiast 2003 Mustang V6 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,204	damn ill try it and see what the results are Hows that? __________________

April 24th, 2007, 12:25 AM	#19
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,820	damn I gotta subscribe to this. This is intresting from both point of views. __________________ Member #1 MM is going down the shitter fast!

April 24th, 2007, 06:12 AM	#20
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