Mixing acetone in my gas
Anyone doing this? I've been mixing 1/4 oz acetone to 1 gal. premium (92 octane) in my 1990 V8. I've picked up 20% better mileage and it feels like I've dropped off 2 people when it come to acceleration.
Granted, I need 93 octane to avoid surging. I was adding octane booster to fix this. With acetone, it also helps the surging, but not entirely. I'm going to try both octane booster and acetone. Also noted: Recent top speed with acetone, confirmed by GPS is 155 mph.
previous non-acetone, with octane booster gave me a 147 mph top speed (though I ran out of road). No acceleration specs (I didn't have any for baseline). The engine temp has been down, also. I use a 1/2"x30" polyethylene hose to pour the acetone in my gas tank to keep from exposing the rubber fill tube section to 100% acetone.
Very non-scientific comparisons....just my observation. Anyone else?
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