FFT Fuel Additive

[n0rt0npr0]

I figure because of the cost of this stuff, we would have to get atleast a 12% average increase in MPG's to be getting our money out of this...
I am anxious to see some average numbers pop up on this one...

[GasSavers_davens]

I concur...based on what people are saying and the company's claims, I figure I won't be out any money. If, and I mean skeptic if, it really improves idle and driveability, it might be worth continuing. Or they could adjust their price a couple bucks and make it a no brainer.

[n0rt0npr0]

...and he says:
"FFT does contain a bunch of citrus. It is primarily there to dilute my active ingredient. Citrus is natural, organic and renewable - so what could be bad about that? The rest of the product is a 'catalyst' and activators. There is nothing I'm aware of that can harm 02 sensors and catalysts."

Davens, we're all interested in your specific results with this stuff:

-Engine type/liter
-Year vehicle
-MPG per fillup

[GasSavers_davens]

This in my 2002 Mazda Protege
It's got a 5sp 2.0 liter engine
I normally get 26-32 mpg and have managed a personal best of 36mpg.

Let me finish this second tank(another 2-3 days) and I'll post some results.

[GasSavers_davens]

First tank 31.xx mpg...drove pretty aggressively.
Second tank 35.85...drove normally, not too conservatively. Nearly ties my previous personal best.

Next tank will be the ultra mpg focused style of driving

[GasSavers_davens]

Modified my driving to be fuel conscious...managed 37.21.

My observations so far...it doesn't help that much when driving fuel conscious but it makes a bigger difference when driving more aggressively.

Now that gas is down around $2.20/gal locally, this stuff loses its appeal.
If you need to squeeze out a couple more mpg, it does the trick. But is it worth the price/hassle...debateable.

I'm going to finish out the bottle (another 6-8 fill ups and will report back if anything different pops up.

[SVOboy]

Well, compared to you 26.32 that's pretty good. What do you consider driving fuel concious?

[GasSavers_davens]

Shift by 3k rpm, no WOT, sub 65mph, lots of coasting.
I know 65 is not the most fuel economical, but the stretch of road I live on considers 75-80mph the flow of traffic. 55 is outright dangerous.

I live right off the Interstate in "rural" Texas...a trip anywhere involves a 16+ mile trip at freeway speeds so I estimate 80-90% freeway usage.

...and thats 26-32, not 26.32.
If I flail on it and spend a lot of time in traffic, or stop and go, it'll drop to mid-to-high twenties.
I normally get low 30s.

[ridgent]

Hi Guys, just saw your forum and decided to toss in my two-cents-worth. I have been using FFT in my 2000 Saturn SL-2(AUTO TRAN, AC) since September 05. My milage used to run a steady 32MPG(mostly highway 65MPH)now it gets 35MPG and my car runs much smoother.
I decided to try driving w/o FFT a couple weeks ago and I only got 33MPG, there was probably still some FFT in the system as I didn't run the vehicle out of gas first. As for what is in FFT, I took a little trip to the virtual US Patent office and looked up their patent number from the FFT website. Here is a link that has the entire composition: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&r=1&l=50&f =G&d=PALL&s1=6858047.WKU.&OS=PN/6858047&RS=PN/6858047 LOL nice and short! Very interesting thread guys, keep up the good work!

[SVOboy]

Hey there, welcome to the site, that's like an 8 or 9% improvement, pretty good! Saturns and Hondas seem to dominate this site, :-)