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Originally posted by bclapham
sorry guys, i just read my post, i am beggining to sound like a pompus old fart!
Not at all. I think most people welcome a credible post. :thumb:
Originally posted by bclapham
sorry guys, i just read my post, i am beggining to sound like a pompus old fart!
Thumpitythumpity said:Anybody know what was supposed to be the advantage of putting mothballs in the gas?
Thumpitythumpity said:Most octane boosters are little more than diesel fuel.
Thumpitythumpity said:A friend of mine who works for Volvo was telling me that 104+ does not even burn, just takes up space and raises compression
Thumpitythumpity said:A friend of mine who works for Volvo was telling me that 104+ does not even burn, just takes up space and raises compression
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Thumpitythumpity said:Both acetone and tolulene in small quantities DO improve combustion characteristics, and not at the expense of throttle response.
Thumpitythumpity said:Theory is not test data.
Thumpitythumpity said:My observation that 104+ smells like diesel fuel is simply that, my own observation. The observation that diesel smells different than tolulene is also a personal, subjective observation, and therefore entirely valid.
Thumpitythumpity said:A friend of mine who works for Volvo was telling me that 104+ does not even burn, just takes up space and raises compression (which would seem like it would make a ping worse).
I run 104+ in my boat gas, my friend told me it was just diesel,
Thumpitythumpity said:Other peoples real world experience and some test data.
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive
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Thumpitythumpity said:The addition of acetone causes the mixture to burn more thoroughly.
Thumpitythumpity said:Studying the combustion cycle will get you nowhere.