Monday, May 30, 2005 at 13:27
Let me begin by saying that I am a sceptic. I have tried Chem teck and at least 4 other brands of mass produced fuel additive over many years. None seemed to make a difference to power. I read the web page and its info as if it were snake oil.
I had some time up my sleeve and read the entire web page with links. It is not particularly
well written and it is definitely not a research paper done by experts. It sounds like a few skilled retired guys with plenty of time on their hands that have been playing around for 50 years on a theory or 2.
Certainly the theories read
well and the 50 years of testing is hard to disprove so I give it some credit. It is certainly no overnight
test on a few tank fulls.
Anyway I bit the bullet and bought a 4 litre drum of 100% acetone and did my sums on my tank size and put it in. The first 10 kms was no different. After stopping to go through a few hundred sheep that were on the road I accellerated away and felt that my car had had had a new engine put in. It pulled away in every gear with more power than I have ever felt before. I am serious it actually worked
well. I reckon 10-20% more power. It was amazing. I am the worlds biggest scheptic and I can tell you that this does make a difference to power.
For the record I own a 99 3 litre Hilux duel cab SR5. It has a QTM (DTS) aftermarket turbo running at 30% more torque and power. I was more than happy with its performance before trying acetone. I was chasing better fuel economy as prices here are $1.23 per litre.
I have a 115 litre tank that gets 900 local km's and up to 1200 kms range when doing a long trip. My sums say that I need to put in 172.5 ml of acetone per tank which is about 60 cents worth. It is worth it just for the improved power.
I will run it for the winter and see if it makes a difference with economy. I will go through 4-5 tanks in the next 4 months and I will record the milage each month. If anyone is interested I will post the results.
If it improves economy without any negative engine wear then it may have some credibility.
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