http://www.pureenergysystems.com/new...00069_Acetone/ I ran across this article and after reading it have decided to test his theory out. I felt it had some validity as he was not trying to sell me anything. A quart of acetone at Lowes cost me less than $6 which is sufficient to treat a bit over a hundred gallons, even a one mile per gallon increase would pay for the acetone.Read the article he was getting up to a 30% increase which I admit raised my eyebrows several inches off of my head. LOL will report my results as I test this additive.

 

Hum, some pretty interesting reading. Keep us posted on how it works for you! I might try it.. If it will increase fuel milage like that it must give a HP gain of some sort. If you do do it don't forget to baseline dyno and get some stats.

 

Many years ago, we used to mix acetone with mothballs to raise power, and it did, along with the octane rating, I am sure. Would be interesting to see if it worked as an octane booster without any other benefits. Booster savings alone would justify price, as compared to auto parts store prices!! I am somewhat concerned about long term damage to injectors, etc. We used the aforementioned mixture on snowmobiles, not 2,000+ miles per year daily drivers!!

 

I'm a believer, after a short 28 mile run, which included a one minute warm up, and three minutes of gridlock getting on to the freeway and a 0-60 Tazzo run, I got 24.5 and only 14 miles were freeway miles. My car has never gotten more than 23.5 in the city and that was considerably more freeway driving. On a recent trip to Ohio I only got 26.0 but that did include an hour of grid lock in Kentucky, most likely would have gotten closer to 27 I've never had a pinging problem and I am running 2 degrees more advance than stock.I always use name brand 93 octane gas, either Cit-go[because I worked at that refinery] or Texaco as today they are the least expensive in my neighborhood, $2.139 today, but only needed 6.25 gallons which covered 105 miles I had driven,dic said 16.9 but I squeezed an extra 1/10 in there. That is normally what I get when most of my trips are cold starts runs to Walmart which was the case this time. Two weeks ago I included a 42 mile round trip to the racetrack[horse]mostly freeway and feeder and my milege was 21 and change, which is about as good as it gets!I don't expect to maintain 24.5 as most of my driving is 3-5 miles trips with an occasional 10 mile jaunt out to my daughters.Who knows with gas prices dropping and me getting better mileage I might take off on a 100 mile cruise.Will report later when I have ran enough miles to make a scientific judgement.

 

lol your wife is gonna be looking for her nail polish remover

 

I use acetone in my Grand National. No cat.
I would be concerned about using it if you have cats on your vette.

 

interesting read

 

yep and if the 02 sensors can handle it, seems to me I have seen or heard warnings about some additives effects on both.

 

I've spent the last two hours trying to find anything derogatory concerning acetone and o2 sensors or catalytic converters, other than other people questioning the same things , could not find any scientific evidence that would make me want to stop this experiment. A large number of people all over the country are trying this,and most are having positive results. It seems in areas where the % of ethanol is going up 10% or higher, adding acetone doesn't help. Some people are keeping detailed records and it seems on average people are getting 8-15% increases in mileage. But with the government increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline, at most it will be a temporary fix.It seems the one molecule of oxygen in ethanol in mixtures higher than 5% render the ability of acetone to change the vapor pressure of gasoline moot.As concentrations of acetone higher than 1 part in 500 will cause some damage to plastic and rubber parts it come into contact with, and does nothing to improve the mileage of cars using it..At least here in Texas I am safe for a while as no refiner is currently putting more than 5% ethanol in their gasoline.

 

I'm going to try it tomorrow - i've got a 200 mile trip to see the folks.

 

Lets hope it stays that way.

I've heard of cases where people got lower mileage with fuels containing 10-15% ethanol, because ethanol produces less energy than an equal volume of gasoline. The only advantage is a slight increase in octane rating.

 

Havent put too many miles on yet, and because I got assigned a PI job, 8 or 10 of those miles were at walking speed. I'm much too old to follow a suspect on foot. Even stopped and asked her for directions. I love divorce cases. One thing I have noticed is a smoother idle, dont know if thats from not running the a/c or from the acetone.

 

I took a teaspoon of acetone befoe sex and I lasted 20 minutes longer.

 

has anyone tried a dyno pull with this.

 

Must be really strapped for cash if your worried about 1 or 2 extra miles per gallon if it even really works at all. Is it really even worth the hassle or possibility of parts of your fuel system or emissions electronics not working right with it?
The Corvette does excellent on fuel economy considering what it is.
P.S. a civic might be what your looking for

 

Urban legend IMO.

First off, most gas already has limited quantities of acetone in it. If this actually worked, don't you think our government would exploit and mandate acetone in all fuels??? Please don't give me the conspiracy theory line here either, that's absurd.

FWIW, I've also done testing on this as well. Rest assured it's in your mind. I have a regular circuit I drive every week. Every week I drove the same 550 miles of driving (for work). I tested the acetone with a diesel and a gas car several times. Each time the cruse control was used, same speeds, same roads (all highway), similar weather conditions. After doing this with both vehicles, I can say the mileage increase is false.

If you want to try it, feel free, but you're wasting your time and money. At best you might clean your injectors slightly, but @ 3 oz. per 10 gal., that won't do much for them either.

In short, it's .

 

BTW, 3 oz of acetone/ 10 gal. of fuel won't harm fuel lines, O2's, or your cats.

 

 

Didn't notice a fuel increase on my 200 mile trip home. Refilled there and got the same milage back, but without the acetone. On the downside...my fuel guage dropped to zero several times, not sure if it's from the acetone or it's just GM.

 

Blame the gauge on GM.... Just a coincidence, I can't stand this issue with my C5!!!!