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bleedingfreak
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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:29 pm
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| 323_wagon_dude wrote: | | sweeks wrote: | | What's the difference with cetane and octane. What does what? |
Cetane is for use with a diesel engine while octane is used for gasoline engines.
Octane is an alkane with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)6CH3.
Octane ratings are ratings used to represent the anti-knock performance of petroleum-based fuels (octane is less likely to prematurely combust under pressure than heptane), It is an important constituent of gasoline.
Hexadecane (also called cetane) is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)14CH3. Cetane is often used as a short-hand for cetane number, a measure of the combustibility of diesel fuel. Cetane ignites very easily under compression; for this reason, it is assigned a cetane number of 100, and serves as a reference for other fuel mixtures.
Cetane rating of diesel is not equivalent to gasoline's octane rating. This is because gasoline's desirable property is to resist autoignition to prevent engine knocking whereas diesel's desirable property is to autoignite. |
Thanks for that info...
This is one of the reasons I stay away from fuel additives which state: "Safe for both gasoline and diesel engines" |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:52 pm
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| sweeks wrote: | Freak... Here's the results from the 3 ounces of acetone added into the diesel.
NB: my driving conditions weren't the same since I drove extremely hard and sat in lots of traffic.
I've gone from 8.33km/l to ......to 8.5 km/l. The van felt more powerful.
I may have to test again under my normal driving conditions. Will keep you posted.
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Thanks big brodda sweeks  I'll remember dat...
Remember that be reagant grade eh Which is about $350 or so per gallon...So your're working out to just about $3-4.00 of acetone, per fill up.
There is also industrial grade - the price of which, I dont want to know...  |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:51 am
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Fellas... sorry to say: there is no good mud in Tobago these days... Been all over and everything dry. Did some off roading, but no challenges...  |
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wagon r
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 6:44 am
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....well, i recoverin from spending some money i didn't have to fix my a/c.....
...only to have it conk out on the way to work this morning.....at first i was pissing vex, now i just kinda "...not to bothered"...
....because when i leave here this afternoon, is me and the a/c guy....all night if he have to.  |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:17 am
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I hope you aint have to go anywhere during the day!
Today go be a real scorcher!
Went out the road about 5:30 to try to get some pics... was warm and disgusting already...
Cool enough for the turbo though  |
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Fire_Fighter786
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:12 am
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| Wagon what did the AC guy do bro? |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:08 pm
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^^ Apparently not much 
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Fire_Fighter786
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:43 pm
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DAmm i hope he didn't spend too much.
Looking like i have to bring down a Air conditioning Manual fellas. |
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sweeks
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:10 pm
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Sup fellas....
Freak... I'm not sure what you're telling me about the difference between the reagent and industrial acetone.
Are you saying the industrial grade is more potent? Better quality?? Tell me more please. |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:11 pm
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I just make a drive from Mt. Irvine - Charlotteville and back... but I pass thru L'Anse Fourmi... that side of Bago real nice.... real twisty... went offroad too, but the road was dry  |
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SNIPER 3000
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 7:57 am
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Guys thanks alot for the info........i just completed a 345km drive ...took two days to rack it up.....my tank is now at half  , i owned an SVU before so it' freaking amazing the amount of money i was wasting on gas......so i discovered that driving with the ac on is much more difficult, cus the power is reduce, do you guys get that loss in power when you are running a/c ? |
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roadhog
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:24 am
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hey happy mothers day fellas. what are you'll up to? and where might your childern be taking you.
ps. for thoese that are slow i and tlking bout your van being your child. and us men being able to experience mothers day because of this.
i gonna give my baby a lil wash down n amarol up the inside and stuff. soon i'n looking to upgrade the wheels once money permits.it' like to get some opinions i have 3 in mind will post up pics of them. enjoy the rest of your day. |
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323_wagon_dude
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:51 am
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| Quote: | | happy mothers day fellas |
| Quote: | | i and tlking bout your van being your child. and us men being able to experience mothers day because of this |
I was now wondering how you could tell fellas happy mother's day...
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wagon r
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:57 am
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....jus dropping a line. i won't be on much this week as i have some training to undertake.....
...i hope everyone had a great weekend and paid homeage to the mommies.....
saied, i got the a/c fixed but it was too much of a sour point to talk about ......but say what....it fixed now. |
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sweeks
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:25 am
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Wagon_r... thanks for the update.
Sniper... Could you let us know how much half tank is in terms of litres. It sounds impressive. We've recently been calculating mileage in terms of km/l. Having the a/c off helps but it shouldn't reduce power output significantly on a good working engine.
Freak... when do you get back to Trini? Like you having a good ole time there in Tobago.... looking for mud.... |
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mighty
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:49 pm
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Mighty is back... L200 in hand got it last Saturday. PS looking for a turbo timer in south.... I had the last one in the Mazda installed by southern sales so I really don’t know where to go in the open market...
"sweeks congrats on passing the exam".......i passed as well
it is indeed a small world... |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:11 am
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| sweeks wrote: | Sup fellas....
Freak... I'm not sure what you're telling me about the difference between the reagent and industrial acetone.
Are you saying the industrial grade is more potent? Better quality?? Tell me more please. |
According to my one of my suppliers, industrial grade acetone is the purest, highest grade that there is. Extremely concentrated. Re-agent grade is below that but still very pure because of its intended use.
Regular acetone, i.e. those found in nail polish remover, paint thinners, etc etc are not very potent. The acetone itself is a lower grade.
Hence, using regular acetone wont yield any significant results because of the concentration of the acetone.
Makes sense now? |
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bleedingfreak
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:13 am
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and yeah I reach back home - traffic, dust and REAL heat.
Still have the car, have to clean it up and thing before I send it back up the road and take back the pick up. Have to change the oil and filter this week |
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sweeks
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:06 am
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Freak... thanks for the explanation. I'm travelling next week, so when I get back I'll increase the amount of acetone to diesel.
Mighty...... congrats to you as well. That exam was mind boggling. Now you should have some time to start reading up on common rail technology and the high pressure fuel system if you haven't done so already... and that you can now run your oil changes to 10 000km instead of 5000km using full syntec.
http://www.swedespeed.com/news/publish/Features/printer_272.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_rail |
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Fire_Fighter786
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:54 pm
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Hey Sweeks what Exam you guys talking about.. Yess i playing fass...  |
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