[ted frater]

Some yrs ago , must be 20, i read an article on ignition improvers for diesels.
the current additive at that time was nitro benzine with a 1to 2% by volume.
I tried it and it didnt seem to make a lot of difference. I increased the percentage to 10 % and tried that, well,it melted the clear plastic fuel filter body!!.
so we didnt try that again.
now, theres an other additive , in liquid form, nitro ethane, its supposed to have over 40% oxygen in it by weight.
Has anyone tried this ?
Theres no point of course if its cost outweighs the extra burn efficiency that might be obtained.
Await your interesting replies.
The other possibility is to add say 5% gasoline to the diesel fuel. This would increase the cetane value considerably.
At a steady state speed, the fuel efficiency is determined by the total drag the car has and the efficency of the engine to turn thefuel into net work available .