Acetone Tested on Flint, MI-TV Station / Video

[pastmaster]

Saw this on the local news where a class of engineering students at Kettering Institute, in Flint,MI, tested Acetone in Gasoline.

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=automotive&id=3951510

 

[Shaman]

Not a very in-depth report. Kinda pathetic actually. I don't see how that can be called a story.

No offense meant to you pastmaster.

I am doing my own testing with a liter of it. We will see what happens. FP and LC couldn't do anything that turning off the AC couldn't do. BUt I have a new car and new FP coming, and then after that I will play with FP3K whenever it gets to Singapore

 

[pastmaster]

Gang, Go to the Related Link, under the picture and see the video. The engineering dept. with a 3.8 Buick V6 on a dyno and instrumented for data. It's a fairly involved enginneering excercise, trying to have an accurate base for comparisons, in a conjtrolled environment. Some of the students tried it in their own vehicles, also.

They said it doesn't do anything. Go to the video.

 

[porcupine73]

Q: Just curious, do you know if the gasoline they used in the experiment contained ethanol?

 

[pastmaster]

Porcupine73,

I don't know about the fuel in this case. In the old days, a fuel called endoline clear, was used for testing, that ensured a common base for comparison.

Maybe guys who do dyno testing or car engineers, can bring us up to date on procedures.

 

[c_gloriosus]

Hello All,
First time poster, long time lurker. Here's my experience with Acetone. Victim car(my girlfriends) is a 1990 VW Jetta, 168,000 miles, manual 5 speed. I used 91 octane Sunoco fuel from the same station through-out this un-scientific trial. Went with 3ounces per 10 gallons. Fuel mileage without Acetone=30.4 ,with Actone=29.4

. Drove the same route, 80 miles, 50/50 city/highway. Seat-o-,the-pants dyno was not happy with the addition of acetone,car felt sluggish.

 

[surfstar]

I tried acetone on/off over a few tanks with all my tanks having been logged since 2001, and there was no gain in MPG at all.

I'd say the myth is debunked.

 

[nascarnation]

as a GMI (now KU) grad, I say: nice work boys