Put paint brush cleaner in your tank

stempy · Post by **stempy** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:48 pm

http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:54 pm

Who's going to be the first to try it then?

Nigel B

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:00 am

I used to run my Peugeot 103SP moped with thinners in the petrol..........it was rather rapid.....pulled the baffles out too

Bailey.

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:03 am

I also rather rate this Clit thing

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/wcs/ ... y_rn=10060
Bailey.

Jason M · Post by **Jason M** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:08 am

nab 301 wrote:Who's going to be the first to try it then?
Nigel B

I am going to give it a go definately. I've been looking for a suitable container to carry safetly. My dad has a lod of stainless steel film developing cans with screw top lids (they're nice wide mouthed cans I could easily get a syringe in) - but he's in Cornwall and I'm not going down there to get one! They're pretty flippin expensive though - anyone got any going spare

Jason

YouTube · Post by **Paul** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:51 pm

bigblackfalco wrote:I also rather rate this Clit thing
http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/wcs/ ... y_rn=10060
Bailey.

What, in your petrol?

oyster · Post by **oyster** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:32 pm

Just back from a full weekend of work to read this. Sounds like the sort of thing I am always seeking! My immediate thoughts include;
1. How many 'plastic' bits on the fuel line? They dont like acetone.
2. What's the cheapest/easiest source of acetone, nail varnish remover? So Superdrug?
3. I guess about one fluid once to a tankfull?
For anyone else keen on this sort of thing, checkout the Ecotek device. it adds air to the vacuum pipe on cars, giving enhanced performance and about 10% better fuel. Costs about £50, and I have had good results on my Honda car and the GS1000. Not ideal for these bikes though, they are lean enough already.
Beware Thanet, I will be out tomorrow!

Jason M · Post by **Jason M** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:34 pm

oyster wrote:Just back from a full weekend of work to read this. Sounds like the sort of thing I am always seeking! My immediate thoughts include;
1. How many 'plastic' bits on the fuel line? They dont like acetone.
2. What's the cheapest/easiest source of acetone, nail varnish remover? So Superdrug?
3. I guess about one fluid once to a tankfull?
For anyone else keen on this sort of thing, checkout the Ecotek device. it adds air to the vacuum pipe on cars, giving enhanced performance and about 10% better fuel. Costs about £50, and I have had good results on my H*nda car and the GS1000. Not idel for these bikes though, they are lean enough already.
Beware Thanet, I will be out tomorrow!

I bought some from Sainsburys at 74p for 50ml which isn't cheap + a cheap syringe. I just want to give it a try. The site reckons anything that can deal with petrol will deal with acetone and it's only 1/15th of 1 percent anyway. .78ml per litre. I reckon about 15ml a tank. It's in there now so there's no going back

Should know in a couple fo days if it makes any difference.

BTW - water injection was all the rage at one time wasn't it. I think even F1 used water injection at some time. I knew a bloke that had it on his Fulvia and I was going to do mine but chickened out

Jason

Jason

madman · Post by **madman** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:21 pm

Water injection, yes a good idea. It evaporates in the incoming air therefore cooling it and making it more dense. The RAF Harrier GR3 used water injection and increased the trust from 20500 lb to about 21500 lb.
As for putting acetone into the fuel, I am not so sure. I think it would make a hotter burn, which would be great in the short term but would probably take its toll on the exhaust valves after a while.

julian · Post by **julian** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:31 pm

nab 301 wrote:Who's going to be the first to try it then?
Nigel B

I'm happy to try it in the MZ.

stempy · Post by **stempy** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:35 pm

I once added methanol to the fuel tank of a Morris Marina, a few mile later it dropped an exhaust valve

Didn't improve the performance either

oyster · Post by **oyster** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:06 am

I understood water injection is only beneficial when everything else has been tuned to the limit, it gives the added advantage of cooling the comustion area too. I remember seeing a 'Busa that had a computerised injection set up under the seat, loads of small bore plumbing and sensors, LOADS to go wrong!! Fighter planes used it in the second war.
Now it remains to be seen how much warmer an essentially air cooled engine becomes with a 'tiny' actetone mix. Who is going to try it on a track day??

madman · Post by **madman** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:16 pm

It is not the heat that an aircooled engine runs at but the heat of the explosion in the cylindars that will eat the exhaust valves.

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:22 pm

Paul wrote:
bigblackfalco wrote:I also rather rate this Clit thing
http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/wcs/ ... y_rn=10060
Bailey.
What, in your petrol?

Nah...sorry was only messin....how did they arrive at that name?!
Bailey.

Skint · Post by **Skint** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:31 am

Jason M wrote:
I bought some from Sainsburys at 74p for 50ml which isn't cheap + a cheap syringe. I just want to give it a try. The site reckons anything that can deal with petrol will deal with acetone and it's only 1/15th of 1 percent anyway. .78ml per litre. I reckon about 15ml a tank. It's in there now so there's no going back Should know in a couple fo days if it makes any difference.

Jason

Jason, was the acetone 100%?? as most nail varnish removers are made from a non-acetone base...