i make no guarantees about gains in mileage from acetone, however ive got some comments.

1. my brothers suburban which failed the tailpipe emissions test a year before passed this year with flying colors using acetone (wayyyyy better numbers than my mustang). if you've got a car that might not pass smog, try it, you'll be surprised.
2. a gallon has 128 oz. 1-3 oz of acetone per 1280 oz of gas is not going to harm anything.
3. it would be wise to put acetone in before pumping gas so you mix it up well

look into xylene also, some people use it. it's really all trial and error and you'll need to have consistent conditions to be sure that you had gains strictly from the acetone unless the numbers are just that much better.

 

Someone should buy some random seals and fuel lines and let them soak in a gas/actone mix and see if there is any damage over time.

 

Why don't you?

 

well i also volunteer you mikey!!
where car u buy pure acetone at, is it just nail polish remover or is that not straight???

 

Probably eBay.

 

Jugador
I don't know if your old enough to remember when they introduced Gas-O-haul. A mix of, I think 5% alcohol with the gasoline. It really messed up all the carburetors that ran it. The fuel pumps and the rubber fuel lines. This stuff may do nothing to the seals and all the rest of the components of the fuel system, I have no Idea, But to say even a small amount "is not going to harm anything." is just not good advise to give people.

 

I would do it myself but I just don't have any $$ at the moment.

 

im not gonna order flamable liquids on ebay or any other website, i was lookin for some place i could go to in town

 

Dude, are you just making up opinions without actually doing any research???? It has all been tested and proven to cause zero problems when used in the appropriate dosages. And how in the hell can you compare styrofoam to anything in an engine???? I'll put it to you this way, nitro-methane, in a 30% methanol mix will not melt a dixie cup, but gasoline will.

AT LEAST USE GOOGLEBEFORE YOU MAKE INCORRECT ASSERTIONS ON A SUBJEST OF WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!

I'm puting it in my tank tomorrow, the worst it will do is NOT give me 50mpg, I have no fear of damage. You probably have more than 2oz of WATER per 10 gallons you get at a gas station anyway, and water is very bad for an engine, but even small doses won't hurt anything. I've run r/c car 33% nitromethane mix and water through my intake to clean my engine and the motor didn't even stumble like it would with seafoam, yet it ran phenomenonally better afterwards.

Ryan

 

You can buy it from a beauty salon type place. Make sure its 100% though.