Gas Mileage (again)...

[JHarris1385]

There is no harm done by adding it to your tank. Please tell me what the ingreditents are to the Lucas fuel cleaner or any fuel system cleaner.

http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=143848
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...d.php?t=131634 - proven results on page 6 and to the end.

This is concerning Toluene
http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=6892

[VehiGAZ]

C'mon folks, don't fall for that "what the oil companies don't want you to know" crap. If there was a magic ingredient they could safely put in their gas to increase your mileage 25%, they would - because everyone would want to buy it and all companies really, really like products that everyone wants to buy!

But mdwyer is right about oxygenated gas - it decreases your mileage substantially in order to decrease emissions. I would not be surprised to learn that the larger quantity of fuel you need to burn to get where you're going didn't make it into the equation, since the state gets to collect more tax on the greater number of gallons of fuel you now have to buy. Good luck getting them to stop suckling on that teat.

If you want to know where you can get the "good" gas, click here or see attached. Gas grade requirements are generally county-by-county and can change from summer to winter, too.

I try to buy gas in upstate NY and in VT whenever I'm up there to take advantage of the better mileage the VX gets from conventional gas - consistently 15-20% higher than the 10% etOH gas we get in CT.

[JHarris1385]

Its not relying on "what the oil compaines dont want you to know" crap. It relying on science. I have a few professors working on this side by side engineers. We are creating an acetone and/or toluene mix at the right ratio per vehicle. I will not be seeing differences untill maybe the third tank (roughly three weeks). The computer will have to adjust to the new mixture, will dissconnect the battery as well.

[kodiak]

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Salt water power! Time to start tinkering with your microwave oven.

[mdwyer]

...as soon as I finish my generator that runs on the BS spewed by the Internet, I'll have all our energy problems solved...

[JHarris1385]

Im not saying it is going to work or it is not going to work. I am just going to test it out with my scangauge over the next four tanks of gas and see what happens. If it does not work I am only out about $4.99 for the quart of acetone that will only missing 16oz of liquid or so.

Toluene in itself is a different story.

This is a nice site as well.
http://lubecontrol.com/fuel.htm

[Navigator]

I'm not 100% sure of the impacts on the hoses and fittings, emmisions equipment, etc... with regards to modified fuel or a fuel substitute, but I am also interested in someone going off the OPEC fuel grid and manufacturing their own back yard Ethanol. Not feasable for an urban dweller like myself, but somebody with enough land to hide a still and make their own "fuel" ethanol to run their VX. Just a thought.

Please post your findings, I am intersted in the long term impacts of your test.

[-wadestock-]

has no ethanol, I use that exclusively
I get about 19mpg max with my VX
I have a thorough and real report that most cars get about 3% extra mpg using high test

[VehiGAZ]

The fuel company does not decide whether to add ethanol to their gas, your state does, and now the federal gov't is getting into the act, too. It's a mandate, even in the Jers'. Be happy that you get some of the cheapest gas in the country and someone else pumps it for you (even if it drags out the process...).