RolexNJ

Oh God, please don't do this again --->

lart951

I am just expressing my oppinion.

RolexNJ

Oh Ok, and before you know it "the man" is coming after you again!

lart951

You are right I never noticed the hood accent remains the same as does the round end shape. To be honest with you I am starting to like the 928 design .

RolexNJ

Right ----> Lart

mwc951

I sell reagent grade Xylene to hospital, reference & acedemic laboratories. It's very nasty stuff, way harsher that Toulene. Medical labs use the stuff to process tissue. So if you have a biopsy taken, the tissue is put into a tissue processor w/reagent grade xylene, formalin & isoporpanol. The tissue is then "cooked" so it can be cut and slides made to then send to the Pathologist. Due to recent OHSA/CETA regs most hospital labs have been forced to purchase $30,000 xylene recyclers so the used up stuff can be disposed of properly. Before this, they paid as much as $250/55 gal to get rid of it. So if any of you guys get to know your friendly local Histology Tech, there should be an unlimited supply of Xylene.

I'll stick to 100 octaine.....Xylene is a known & powerful carcinogen.

RolexNJ

Since I'm in the industry, and for those who are worried, here is the MSDS sheet as per the OSHA site. Here is tons and tons of info on it for you. With respect to using it with 951s, Special Tool probably more knowledge than anybody I personally know.




Xylene MSDS Steet

EDIT: Lart, is that technical enough for you? Having posted MSDS sheets? MSDS Sheets = Material Data Safety Sheets too.

lart951

It's great stuff since I use xylene on daily basis on my car. I wonder if burned (exhaust vapors) xylene exercises the same danger as Unburned xylene?

RolexNJ

We need a chemist and a device to measure the before and after. Until then, I'll keep throwing some technical data at you. The more info the better, even if you hate Corvettes, ha!



http://www.idavette.net/hib/fuel/page2.htm

JET951

just a question, at up to 25% off xylene added to a tank of fuel, what octane would you be raising to? and where do you get the stuff? cost?

Mike1982

Well, xylene is what, 117 octane? So, if you put in let's say 93 at the pump you just times the amount (gallons) times the octane (93), then do the same for the other agent. After that is said, you divide by total gallons in tank. Ex:
Fuel : 10 Gallons at 93 octane = 930
Fuel 2 : 1 Gallon at 117 octane = 117
Total Octane : 1047
Total Gallons (if dry when filling) : 11
Octane per gallon : 95.18

Now, as ST said, you never want to run more then a 40% because of glazing on the spark plugs but I see some are running 25% xylene. Running a 25% mix you yield a 99 with 93 at the pump. Bump up to 94 at the pump and 25% xylene would get you 99.75. At max 40% on 93 would get you 102.6.

special tool

I love you because you uderstand.

mwc951

FYI......from the Corvette article......."Xylene from industrial sources is “mixed-isomer” and has less octane boosting ability than toluene and a higher unit cost."

This is the difference in reagent grade vs industrial grade. Probably why labs are more concerned with the HAZMAT properties of xylene.........they get the good stuff!

RolexNJ

You are a retard, and all you know is to use it!



mwc951: Good post, you are right! Sounds to me that basically we get the watered down stuff compared to them. Doesn't matter to me, I have an unlimited supply of both. So if that article stands correct, which I don't know, I'll use Toluene instead.

Porsche-O-Phile

What's the density of it in comparison to regular old gasoline? Will it settle to the bottom or top or can even/equal mixing and a relatively homogenous solution be assumed?