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06-16-2003, 09:41 AM
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Mothballs in gas?
I had a freind tell me that if you put moth balls in your gas tank it will make it extremely fast..? Is this true?
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06-16-2003, 02:49 PM
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Yup, the mothballs will increase the octane rating and get you better fuel economy.
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06-16-2003, 04:58 PM
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Protects your wool upholstry at the same time.:p
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06-16-2003, 06:56 PM
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But only if you use naphthalene moth balls, which I haven't seen since the 70's.
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06-17-2003, 12:09 AM
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i always was told it would make yer tank explode. dont know anyone that's tried it. this was back in the 60's tho. i heard so much BULLoney then
Last edited by bullheimer; 08-26-2004 at 09:58 AM.
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06-17-2003, 04:19 PM
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I put some model airplane fuel in my 54 Chevy one time. Did'nt do much but it sounded good at the time.
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06-17-2003, 05:38 PM
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That was a remedy they used back in the '30's and '40's and possibly into the '50's before gas octane went up, after that I don't think it did much good. I don't know if it would work with today's new fuel blends.
Last edited by woodz428; 06-17-2003 at 11:09 PM.
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06-17-2003, 09:04 PM
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We had this discussion months ago.
jimfulco hit it rite on the head. quote: But only if you use naphthalene moth balls, which I haven't seen since the 70's. Try putting some in now and you will be trying to unplug your gas lines. Its all false now since naphthalene is not used any more. 
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06-19-2003, 08:13 AM
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It's a mind over matter thing. And no....dropping in a handful of mothballs will not shave 2 seconds off of your E.T. like you hope it would.
Kevin
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06-19-2003, 08:33 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kevin45
[B]It's a mind over matter thing YEP... If you don't mind, It don't matter. 
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06-20-2003, 11:37 AM
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That was big in Vietnam with the M60 Tank Drivers which burns diesel fuel -- they claimed it made a difference.
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08-25-2004, 03:29 PM
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i think they proved somewhere that the "right" mothballs will work.
I think they also determined that bleach was much worse than sugar in a gas tank.
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08-25-2004, 08:26 PM
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Mythbusters did that on a recent episode. They had a 350 Chevy that they dumped literally everything in, sugar, bleach and a host of other nasty ingredients. They also dumped in some math balls into the fuel tank. The 350 gained about 500 rpm on the idle and sounded better. Of course by that time it was pretty much trashed, so it's not like it was scientific test.
Vince
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08-26-2004, 09:58 AM
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they did do that, i saw it, the motor ran marginally better but then after it cooled down i believe clogged up the lines
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08-26-2004, 01:08 PM
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Yep but the bleach was in the oil not the gas tank, thats what did the motor in.
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