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Check out Clarence Lee's column in the latest RCM! Add... - 7/10/2002 8:50:37 AM   
rsieminski



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Status: offline 		Someone who lives in Alaska has problems keeping his engine up to operating temp. One of Clarence Lee's suggestions is to add 10% gas, as in unleaded fuel for your car. Is this safe? How does this effect performance? What's the operator mortality rate?

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Check out Clarence Lee's column in the latest RCM! Add... - 7/11/2002 12:14:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		A better option is to add 1 or 2 oz/gallon of acetone to the fuels, this will expand the flammabilty end points of the fuel.

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Check out Clarence Lee's column in the latest RCM! Add... - 7/11/2002 12:45:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have been adding an ounce or two of acetone to my fuel. My 1.20FS sometimes has a knocking problem and I heard acetone helps... true ??


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Check out Clarence Lee's column in the latest RCM! Add... - 7/11/2002 7:49:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Petrol (gas) has been mixed with glow fuel from maybe back in the 1950's. At that time it was used to increase range for C/L team racing because petrol has a much leaner fuel/air ratio. The leaner mixture combined with less internal cooling would most likely make an engine run hotter.

I know Clarence Lee has just made a sudden backflip with his thoughts on acetone in fuel, it seems he's used some of the info I have in the web page I do for my club plus some other reading he's been doing. For the info on acetone (and other fuels) go to
http://www.holdfastmac.com.au/techfuels.html

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