Date:         Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:14:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Wil Haslup <wil@CHARMFX.COM>
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From:         Wil Haslup <wil@CHARMFX.COM>
Subject:      Re: The 150 MPG carbureter exists!
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Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>> The references I read mentioned using it in an injected engine with an
>> oxygen sensor.  As the gas vaporizes quicker the computer can sense and
>> adjust the mixture.
>
>
> Adding acetone cannot make the gas evaporate faster. The acetone will
> evaporate at its normal rate, leaving the gasoline to evaporate at ITS
> normal speed. Eventually all the acetone will be gone, leaving a reduced
> amount of acetone-free gas.

Perhaps we're not talking about evaporation then...but improved
dispersion ...using the acetone to reduce surface tension between
molecules as it passes into the cylinder.

> Incidentally, I have run a Honda XL175 on an acetone/turpentine mix...
> ran out of gas and that took me across town to a gas station no problem!

Cool...hope it didn't remove the paint above your tailpipe.

; )


--

Wil

"Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint."
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