Amyl nitrite Booster

I’ve seen a lot of people, even here, who are unsure about what cetane boosters are and what they do. 

So to start with, every diesel engine has something called a ‘cetane number,’ which long story short, dictate how quickly something starts up when you turn on the ignition. The higher the number, the faster it turns on. The only issue is that diesel fuels generally have a cetane number of about 35-55 and alcohols have a much lower cetane value, so you’d need to add a cetane improver for successful engine operation. Cetane boosters do what they say on the tin: they make this number higher, so it turns on faster.

Cetane boosters/amyl nitrate are great for starting up the reaction, and they’re a minimal part of the mixture. I think it goes up to 3% of it. You can use Iso-propyl Nitrate, but I definitely prefer using amyl instead. It works great with diesel engines especially. 

Amyl nitrate’s pretty great because it lowers the energy of activation in the fuel and the kerosene, so it means there’s less likely to be any mess or smoke, and the activation is a lot smoother. 

As I far as I know, amyl nitrite is similar to nitrous oxide, which increases the oxygen burning in the fuel, so you’ve got more energy in each combustion burst, which leads to a huge boost in productivity. 

Basically, this stuff’s great for racing your engines, because you just slip some of it into the fuel, and you can keep on going for ages!