[Healeys] What the Heck !?!

[Bob Spidell]

Amen to that.  The implication with these is that the metal--whatever it is--will dissolve in the gas and raise 
octane.   In general, elemental metals will not dissolve or react in organic compounds like gasoline (they might react 
with any water in the gas and produce sediment, though).  That's why lead had to be compounded with organics--the 
'tetraethyl' in tetraethyl-lead--so that it would be soluble in gasoline and provide its anti-detonation attributes.

The advertisements for these 'miracle' products usually have enough pseudo-science to sound plausible to the, uh, 
uninformed.  Another 'favorite' is the clamp-on magnets that supposedly align the gasoline molecules somehow to increase 
mileage.  The magnets in the Large Hadron Collider might be able to do something, but would not be particularly feasible 
in a Healey.

These gimmicks accomplish one desired effect--they transport money from the pockets of gullible buyers into the pockets 
of the con men selling them.


Bob



On 6/28/2011 12:20 AM, Oudesluys wrote:
> Don't bother. None of these gadgets ever proved to work. All they do is
> costing money. Some straighten up ionized particles, other disolve some
> metal, have a "catalist", etc. etc. There is no end to the marketing
> bullshit.
> Thousands of these things have been marketed in the past 50 years and if
> tested seriously never showed to have the desired effect.
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>


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