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Better MPG with Acetone?

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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 03:15 PM
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 03:43 PM
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I'd call Tommy and Ray on Car Talk about this one.

They had a caller a couple of weeks ago who said he'd been told by an old Cadillac employee that adding about a cup of transmission fluid to each tank of gas would prolong the engine's life and give better mileage and so on. Their assessment: it won't hurt, but it won't help, either.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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if you have one of those Cyclone thingy in your airbox, and an electric supercharger, you'd probably be able to get to the moon and back on roughly ~11.21 gals. of premum.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by no_really,Sep 8 2005, 04:32 PM
if you have one of those Cyclone thingy in your airbox, and an electric supercharger, you'd probably be able to get to the moon and back on roughly ~11.21 gals. of premum.
But these days that'll be a $75.26 fuel bill.

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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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I'd call Tommy and Ray on Car Talk about this one.
Yes, call the two guys who recommended a lady buy her 16 year old corvette and called the Z3 too powerful for its size.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by magician,Sep 8 2005, 03:43 PM
They had a caller a couple of weeks ago who said he'd been told by an old Cadillac employee that adding about a cup of transmission fluid to each tank of gas would prolong the engine's life and give better mileage and so on. Their assessment: it won't hurt, but it won't help, either.
It won't hurt? Oil mixed with gasoline and it won't hurt? That's a surprise!
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 07:08 PM
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steve c will know, you just got to beat it out of him.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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Oh, you guys are talking about some show, of which I'm not aware of.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple_sky,Sep 8 2005, 07:05 PM
It won't hurt? Oil mixed with gasoline and it won't hurt? That's a surprise!
Note the proportions: 1 cup in, say, 10 - 20 gallons. That's 0.6% oil or less.
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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple_sky,Sep 8 2005, 09:18 PM
Oh, you guys are talking about some show, of which I'm not aware of.
yeah, click & clack, which is the sound their brains make when they think :/
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