05-07-2009, 11:23 PM
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Acetone in 2000 Dodge Neon
Ok, I know that a modern engine supposedly is very efficient and does not need acetone at all but I figured, why not try? So I don't have the final results yet but I do have a few comment: Iv heard you are suppose to get way better acceleration, I do not notice any changes in performance at all. Also it seems my MPG is actually going down a little (if that makes any since at all) but I have not gone far enough to really put any good accurate results, however I will be posting the results in about 6 days. Tell me what your thinking about all of this so far... I think I will have gotten better results from the no-ethinol gas (which gave me about 1.3-1.5 more MPG)
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05-07-2009, 11:33 PM
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Acetone can clean your injectors and raise your octane, but otherwise it's bunk
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05-07-2009, 11:38 PM
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Cleaning
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Acetone can clean your injectors and raise your octane, but otherwise it's bunk
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Well if it does clean up my engine for me then I'm happy because I'm sure it probably needs it, I want to put some synthetic oil in it too so it cleans some sludge out but my car leaks oil bad and I don't want to waist money on oil that will just leak out in 2 months. |
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05-07-2009, 11:46 PM
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Acetone can clean your injectors and raise your octane, but otherwise it's bunk
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I second that. With the tests I ran I found that my mpg gain was from myself being easier on the throttle.....+1 to 2 mpg and it held the same after I stopped using the acetone.
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05-07-2009, 11:54 PM
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I second that. With the tests I ran I found that my mpg gain was from myself being easier on the throttle.....+1 to 2 mpg and it held the same after I stopped using the acetone.
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Yeah my tires needed air in them pretty bad but I didn't want to put air in them the same time I run my acetone test and get good results and think it's from the acetone, know what I mean? So whenever I run out of gas I'm going to fill up my tires. |
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05-07-2009, 11:55 PM
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05-08-2009, 12:20 AM
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In other news, I heard that sticking your tongue on frozen metal tastes reeeaaaaaallllly good!
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05-08-2009, 12:26 AM
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Why speak in metaphor when we can just say it outright 
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05-08-2009, 12:33 AM
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05-08-2009, 12:54 AM
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Useless post... useless thread... useless experiment...
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