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mythbusters and moth balls

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:43 pm
by seaeagle
did anyone see this... they ran a v8 on a mothball mix and it sounded heaps better, wouldnt say how long it would last..... should stick a few in the ex's car and see how long it goes for....lol

Re: mythbusters and moth balls

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:45 pm
by Shorti
seaeagle wrote:did anyone see this... they ran a v8 on a mothball mix and it sounded heaps better, wouldnt say how long it would last..... should stick a few in the ex's car and see how long it goes for....lol
Yeah I saw that. I was suprised that the egg in the radiator worked better than actually off the shelf radiator leak fix.

Re: mythbusters and moth balls

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:47 pm
by mickrangie
seaeagle wrote:did anyone see this... they ran a v8 on a mothball mix and it sounded heaps better, wouldnt say how long it would last..... should stick a few in the ex's car and see how long it goes for....lol
I did see this EP but i cant member it. I was always under the impression that mothballs would kill an engine.. Back in high skoool some year 12 put some in the VIce Princes car and a few days later the car wasn't around so we assumed it killed it cause a month later he had a new car :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:49 pm
by dogbreath_48
Doubt they would do any damage. They probably dissolve, and if not they will just clog up the filter.

Supposedly they bump up the octane rating or similar.

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:56 pm
by seaeagle
yer the egg....how good was that....bit hard to keep in the tool box...lol
i too beleived sugar would stop an engine but they proved that too

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:35 pm
by ROAD_KILL
moth balls up the % of octane in your fuel it doesnt last very long but if i can remember right its 1 ball for every 10 litres and that will boost the octane level up 10% so if you run 98% fuel + moth balls you will have 109% fuel . but it only last ruffly a day and if you do try it put the balls in anhour before you drive so that they disolve

cheers guys

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:17 pm
by ofr57
so this is basically over the counter avgas :rofl: :twisted:

Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:34 am
by trains
And good for your clothes too.

win win ;) hehe

T

:D

Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:11 pm
by Ghost
A lot of the "Fuel additive pills" are naphthalene check out www.myffi.biz for what they do and check out google to see its all crap.