2005 Scion Xb fumafuma electrode 3 LPM

[hoboincidaho]

Oddly enough, I was speaking to someone lately about the Map/Maf and o2 mods necessary for my Xb. I've "smacked" my bike, and currently the VESPA is in pieces waiting for a new lean life, but my car just sits there.

It's inevitable....Im not even done with my current mods and I'm about to hack my daily driver.

Man that touchscreen VMU unit would be a perfect solution if it works. Anybody got one? I'm all about one-stop shopping. I have much love for the VMU since I first heard about it.

Basically any info on beating the toyota mayhem that I hear about would be appreciated.

[JonDoh]

have you done any work on the Scion??

I'm getting ready to hook up an 08'.... was just wondering the pros & cons before I get started....... Let us know?!

[solo33]

So far I've added Acetone...zilch milage increase. Now, after reading a story on another forum about a guy with a big pickup who added two extenders to his primary O2 sensor along with an hho setup, who claimed to pick up 25 % increased milage improvement on the road and 33 % in town, I decided to try it before I added my Efie. But, after 104 miles, my little Scion (call it toyota) XB used 3.6 gallons of Union 76 Regular. That's only 29 mpg! OUCH! What happened. That's a loss of 4 mpg. I better quite writing and remove the extenders from the car. It's 'sposed to rain soon which will create the 24/7 cold fog condx we get here in central CA.
Any ideas why this happened I'd sure like to hear 'em.

[Super Fuel FX]

Questions:

1) How much acetone did you add to the gas, and how much gas was in the tank?

*The effects vary per vehicle. Some need all 3oz of acetone, and some, like my wife's 05 Grand Cherokee, need only 2.25oz per 10gal of gas.

2) Was the container labeled "Pure Acetone", or just acetone?

*There are containers of acetone that are not pure. They contain a percentage of water, which does nothing for increasing gas mileage, in fact, it hurts it. Make sure it is pure.

3)Does your supply of gas contain any alcohol in it (eg. E85)?

*Ethanol or any other alcohol destroys all gains from using acetone, and in some cases, DECREASES your gas mileage. Haven't figured that one out yet. Something about how the alcohol binds the gas molecules together, vs. breaking them down. Still working on this with my chemist friend.



I have a 2001 F150 4X4 that I currently run 2.75oz of acetone to 10gal of gas, and get a 28% gas mileage increase on the Highway Only. I have seen little to no increase during city driving. I also enlisted my work trucks to try this out - the night trucks run almost exclusively on the freeway, and see 20% + increase in gas mileage. The day trucks don't get anything near that.

[solo33]

Thanks for the replay. The Acetone is by Klean Strip. It is said on the Internet to be 100% pure. My son is driving a '92 Honda. He is using 3 Oz out of the same can and went from 18 to 25 mpg in town. Only difference, I buy my gas from Costco and '76. He buys his from a Chevron near his home.
I wouldn't be surprised I'm buying Ethanol and he isn't. So I'm going to remove the un-working HHO stuff from my XB, for the moment, and retry the Acetone with his brand of gas. Oh my gas tank holds 11 gals and I added the Acetone when I filled up for the test. I'll repost the results in a week or so (Ijust filled up at Costco this morning and have a full tank now. Thanks again. Appreciated, Ron.

[Dustin]

I tried the Acetone thing a while back. I went to CVS and picked up some 100% Acetone for my '97 Bravada with the 4.3 liter V-6. It did absoutely nothing according to my overhead display. I never did figure the mileage the old fashion way with a calculator. I just assumed if there was an increase, the display would show it. I am trying it again and will figure the mileage by the numbers. I put 6 oz. in my 19 gallon tank.