cremmenga Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share #25 Posted October 11, 2005 Well being a psych. major!! no we need some double blind tests! or just blind test done. Have your wife or how ever ok not your wife maybe a buddy either go out and add it to your car or dont' add it and don't let him tell you if he did either way untill it is empty and that way you won't know and maybe that will help with the "experiment". Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomoHawk Posted October 11, 2005 Share #26 Posted October 11, 2005 Dude, I think you are more like a major psych-o Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted October 11, 2005 Share #27 Posted October 11, 2005 Dude, I think you are more like a major psych-o i'm gonna try it. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cremmenga Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share #28 Posted October 11, 2005 i'm gonna try it. your going to try the blind test or just the test?? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted October 11, 2005 Share #29 Posted October 11, 2005 just the test. my fiancee does the same commute every day and her car is pretty reliable. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cremmenga Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share #30 Posted October 11, 2005 let me know how it turns out!! i am curious. I am a skeptic, and I did bull the bullshit card right away because I too thought it was just cleaning out your engine. But if it worked for the guy where my dad works, and it worked for a few of us here and if it works for you?? who knows. I haven't seen anyone of the other guys try it and come on and say it didnt' work. Like i said let me know!!! thanks Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun_in_my_z Posted October 11, 2005 Share #31 Posted October 11, 2005 zhes going to load her car up with it and have a ex Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzzzzzz Posted October 11, 2005 Share #32 Posted October 11, 2005 For what it's worth, I tried it in my Chevy 4.3 motivated Land Rover on a trip from Virginia to Pa going a distance of over 600 miles. I know they state you need to use the same gas from the same station. How unrealistic is that though? I had no negative effects nor any improvement in mileage either. Maybe my fuelie was already operating at peak performance? Maybe only carb'd engine benefit? Who knows... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD Posted October 11, 2005 Share #33 Posted October 11, 2005 My 2 cents: I do biostatistics for (medical) clinical trials and have been interested in some of the methodological issues raised in this thread. The blind trial methodology is a good one for reducing the placebo effect of the additive. I would suggest going one step further. In determining if a change in mileage is statistically significant or simply due to chance variation in mileage, a crucial issue is the number of samples (tanks of gas) used in the analysis. I reviewed my gas mileage statistics to get an idea of the normal tank to tank mpg spread and found that the standard deviation was about 6% of my average mpg. Assuming that most people have that kind of spread and doing some quick calculations, I determined that in order to be sensitive to a minimum mpg change of 10% with sufficient statistical power, you'll need a total sample size of 14 requiring you to go through 7 tanks of untreated gas and 7 tanks of treated gas. Basically, the more samples (tanks of gas) you use to compute average mpg with and without the additive, the less impact specific variables unrelated to the additive will have on the results and the more sensitive the analysis will be. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted October 11, 2005 Share #34 Posted October 11, 2005 ^^AHHHH!! i'm helping my fiancee with her statistics (sadistics) class right now..... DAMN YOU!!!!! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblake01 Posted October 11, 2005 Share #35 Posted October 11, 2005 The one thing that worries me about using Acetone as a fuel additive is the warning on the can. "IMPORTANT: Acetone may soften or damage plastics, synthetics, and many other finishes." Since we're dealing with fuel lines and fuel system components that may fall into those catagories shouldn't that be of concern? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
montoya_fan01 Posted October 11, 2005 Share #36 Posted October 11, 2005 Bingo!!!!! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/17528-acetone-in-your-gas/?page=3#findComment-141318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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