acetone= double gas mileage?

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Jun 19, 2007 | 11:51 AM

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..isnt acetone more expensive?

You are only Using 3oz per 10 gallons of Gas. It would be easy enough to keep a couple of Syringes Loaded Up with Acetone in your car for fill-ups, pre-measured to how many gallons you typically buy.

As for Acetone, It says to use 100% Pure Acetone without any Fillers like Water or Benzoate; You can buy it in Beauty Supply Stores.

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However the acetone purity is not all the same when you buy it at stores. I and others have found the best acetone for mileage is 100-percent pure. While we often get technical grade from a chemical supply at ScienceLab.com, we rely on the brands at beauty supply stores labeled 100-percent pure. What happens with impure acetone, even that which is labeled falsely as 100-percent pure? The engine runs rough. You mileage will not improve. Look at the label for undesirable ingredients, such as benzoate. Water in the acetone will make it go bad. If your car has bad plugs or faulty ignition wires or the engine needs work, you will not gain a mileage boost. Do not buy acetone from drug stores. I recently tried bad acetone with good gasoline in two of my cars. Both suffered a small decline in MPG from their normal mileage. Ran all that gas out and went back to the beauty acetone. The cars' mileage recovered to what it had been.

20 Liters of the stuff is $155; http://sciencelab.com/page/S/PVAR/SLA3808

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:06 PM

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16 oz bottle at Wal-Mart is like a buck. That would last you 5 tanks of gas.

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:14 PM

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i would be too afraid to try this, unless many had before me...

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:21 PM

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that is some crazy **** my house is gonna smell like acetone cuz imma buy out the whole wal-mart if this stuff is legit

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:22 PM

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i would be too afraid to try this, unless many had before me...

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:34 PM

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^+1 on trying this in my "Z"...I really cant complain about MPG, A very rich man once told me "Gas is not to expensive, you just cant afford it. So go and make more money!"

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:50 PM

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16 oz bottle at Wal-Mart is like a buck. That would last you 5 tanks of gas.

From what I understand, it is not "100% Pure" and will cause problems. Hence the push for buying Technical Grade stuff from a Science Shop.

Jun 19, 2007 | 12:58 PM

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Hmm, yeah, I dunno. You can certainly get polish remover with other stuff in it, but the bottle I picked up for thinner/cleaner purposes says 100% pure acetone, but I guess you never can tell.

Jun 19, 2007 | 01:49 PM

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Imagine the look on Timothy Lange's face when you explain the funny residue on your injectors and fuel pump.

Did you see the thread with pics of Jen shooting those huge a** guns....I'm pretty sure I'll fix whatever they break

Jun 19, 2007 | 03:27 PM

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Did you see the thread with pics of Jen shooting those huge a** guns....I'm pretty sure I'll fix whatever they break

Jen does not mess around........50 cal for the win.

Jun 20, 2007 | 07:30 AM

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^+1 on trying this in my "Z"...I really cant complain about MPG, A very rich man once told me "Gas is not to expensive, you just cant afford it. So go and make more money!"

But did he tell you how to make more money......