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Increase your fuel economy

Discussion in 'Yamaha 250cc In-Line 4's' started by dave, Jan 19, 2006.

  1. dave

    dave Well-Known Member

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    I found this article about adding acetone to fuel on another forum - It might be worth a try. For metric using people it works out to about 2mL acetone per litre of fuel for a possible 25% increase in economy and a small increase in power.

    Imagine getting 250km from a tank of fuel in a FIZZER


    http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/
     
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    Not very likely.
     
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    If I remember right acetone will dissolve some plastics and the floats in the carbs are plastic so I would check that out first.
     
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    It does mention that in the article however so will petrol too. It appears that plastics that are petrol safe do not have a problem with acetone particularly in such a low percentage 0.2%.

    Apparently anything from 0.7ml to 2ml max will make some difference. (0.7ml/litre is 0.07%.
     
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