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Originally Posted by chevzilla396
ive heard lots about better mpg with acetone (1-3 oz/10 gallons of gas ratio)
is there any increase in mpg with Toluene or Xylene?
what do the 2 chemicals do to increase performance?
acetone is also suppose to greatly reduce surface tension. that would help to get a more full burn by having a more fine spray if gas into the manifold.
And its suppose to increase octane by around 5 points.
read this article http://www.lubedev.com/articles/additive.htm
Ill do some reasearch on Toluene and Xylene. |
There's no way acetone would raise the octane 5 points in that mixture. The mileage thing has been floating around the internet for a while, and although I've never tried it 95% of the people I've read who did didn't get an increase in mileage.
Xylene is 117 octane and Toluene is 114 octane. Basically mix 5 gallons of Xylene with 15 gallons of 91 and you'd have about 97.5-98 octane. About 7-8 full points. Notice it takes 5 gallons, not 1-3 ounces!
There are other boosters out there like Torco leaaded race accelerator. They claim 11 points of octane boost with a quart in 10 gallons. It contains lead and is supposed to work pretty well. I've tried the unleaded version and they make the same claims for it; no way in hell it gives more than 2-3 points max, I've tried it too many times.
Jody