@acacia_pycnantha wrote:
An ebay search reveals that acetone can be bought for $29 for 4 litres.
How much do you need to add to a tank of petrol? And at this price, is it cost effective?
When I first started using acetone in my fuel some 10 years ago, several weeks of experimentation showed that optimum fuel economy was obtained at a level of 2ml of acetone per litre of petrol, which is only 0.002% by volume. Amounts in excess of 0.002% gave no appreciable improvement in economy so that's where I left it.
As the addition of 120ml of acetone costing approximately 90 cents to a 60 litre tank of petrol extends the range of my vehicle from 534km to 631km, I'd say that it's an extremely cost-effective method of improving fuel economy, and with ULP in Brisbane costing close to $1.60 per litre and rising, the savings are quite substantial.
