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[Tomwa]

Need to exercise caution here, some paint strippers contain dichloromethane! Now banned for use as a paint stripper in most EU countries, but not in others. Dichloromethane (DCM) does not burn and it’s a very aggressive solvent - not the sort of thing you want in your fuel tank!

I was almost entirely joking about people picking up a fuel additive at the hardware store. It is just funny walking the aisles after reading about Toluene and that era in F1 and seeing a metal can and it says Toluene on it just sitting there with the other paint strippers.

 

[Porter]

I wasn't talking about SAE correction for dynos, I was talking about SAE engine certification which has a very strict tolerance. If I remember right, it's 3% which is not 3 above or 3 below, it's no more than 3% from the stated power rating.

Right but that's on an instrument grade dyno in a lab. Not even installed in a car. It's an academic number that's not going to directly match what happens in the real world.

 

[Porter]

I was almost entirely joking about people picking up a fuel additive at the hardware store. It is just funny walking the aisles after reading about Toluene and that era in F1 and seeing a metal can and it says Toluene on it just sitting there with the other paint strippers.

No we really did toluene mixes in fuel back in the day. Not recommended. Just buy fuel that's made properly to meet the octane and operational parameters that you need.