SPACEMONKEY1
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So if I started running 87 or 89 in my truck it would run lean and ping right? I run 93 in it right now and I'm thinking of starting to use that shell V-Power with nitrogen in it, but I'm skeptical about it.
SPACEMONKEY1 said:So if I started running 87 or 89 in my truck it would run lean and ping right? I run 93 in it right now and I'm thinking of starting to use that shell V-Power with nitrogen in it, but I'm skeptical about it.
SPACEMONKEY1 said:I'm just gonna keep running 93 or 91. Would hate to be cheap and eff up my truck.
SPACEMONKEY1 said:I'm just gonna keep running 93 or 91. Would hate to be cheap and eff up my truck.
Lots of members run the nitrogen stuff in their trucks with no negative results. I run it in my DD and Have had no problems.SPACEMONKEY1 said:So if I started running 87 or 89 in my truck it would run lean and ping right? I run 93 in it right now and I'm thinking of starting to use that shell V-Power with nitrogen in it, but I'm skeptical about it.
spdrcrj said:I found this article which was written last year. http://www.brightgreen.us/lubedev/smartgas/additive.htm
WOT said:Acetone is a strong solvent in the ketone family and Xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon. So in plain English, the first one makes a good carburetor or fuel injection cleaner and the second is an octane booster (Xylene has around a 117 octane rating). [/FONT]The benefits these people are seeing is likely due to getting their old vehicles back up to OEM specs by doing maintenance and cleaning up their fuel systems, etc. However, the concept of using a solvent to assist with gasoline vaporization could have some merits. This might actually work to some degree but I doubt it would be much. It couldn't hurt to try though. Our trucks don't get bad mileage because they are craving acetone, they get bad mileage because they have 500+ cubic inch motors....
One thing is for sure, do not spill acetone down the side of your truck. It will remove the paint if left on there for any significant time.
Let us know if you see any benefits.
Prof said:...Her specific comment about acetone as a fuel additive and its impact on fuel mileage was that the biggest opportunity for improvement was the mental attitude of the person putting the acetone in the tank. If they hope it will work it will, if they are skeptical it probably won't. So in her opinion it is the driver using the acetone that makes the difference.
spdrcrj said:So the people on the site who have documented gains and professional race teams over the last 40-50 years are just using Zen?
mauiSRT/10 said:Running anything less than 91 octane is just stupid. Its a high performance vehicle, not some minivan soccer mom vehicle.
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kickinassrt-10 said:has anyone dared to put, or accidentally put any gas with octane less than 93 in their truck? what are the affects if any to the engine?
spdrcrj said:So the people on the site who have documented gains and professional race teams over the last 40-50 years are just using Zen?