Cylinder Resident Hydrolysis of Olefins to Petroleum Gases

A method of increasing mechanical efficiency of an internal combustion engine (ICE) comprising blending an amount of additive with gasoline to perform hydrolysis of olefin hydrocarbons, represented by octene (C8) into petroleum gas hydrocarbons, represented by butane (C4), wherein the additive consists of a plurality of units of chemicals and is evenly dispersed through-out the gasoline, and wherein the units of chemicals consists of a base explosive that detonates, under the requisite pressure and temperature conditions, a chain of reactions that are aided by a low concentration of lead, an organopalladium or an organoplatinum catalyst, that utilize an elemental component of water present as a combustion product to perform hydrolysis of olefin hydrocarbons, represented by octene (C8) into petroleum gas hydrocarbons, represented by butane (C4), to increase the engine's mechanical efficiency through the mechanisms of:

• increasing the pressure in the compression stroke, above the engine's 10:1 or higher;
• contributing components with an octane number (ON) of 102 to the gasoline that enters the cylinder;
• advancing the spark ignition;
• reducing the air to fuel ratio;
• and increasing the energy density of the gasoline by the hydrolysis reaction that increases the petroleum gas component's concentration at the expense of decreasing the olefin component's concentration.