I read that toluene is a cheap way to up the ocatane level in your fuel. Have any of you guys tried running it? This Cali 91 sucks.

 

I used to use it as a tire softener, but it is very hard to get it now. Most counties in CA have banned it because it's carcinogenic. Yes, it is an effective octane booster though. I don't know what mixtures are required to yield a desired octane.

Sonny

 

long time ago there was this article about it on here exact mixture everything.

 

I've used it. It didn't seem to do much for me though, could have been because the only place I could buy it had them sitting on a rack in the sun. The labels were all faded...it'd probably had decomposed to water by the time I put it in my tank!

 

I ran like a half-gallon of Xylene to a tank of gas for awhile - it did feel better than CA "premium" but was a pain in the *** to find the stuff.

 

i went to a race on saturday and was running about 50% whiskey in my coke. good sheit!

 

It's ridiculously hard to find over the counter nowadays. You need to be hooked up with a chemical supply company somehow.

I seem to remember it being 110 octane, but I'm only about 20% sure of that.

 

go to 76.com and do a search for their 100 octane pumps. I fill up a gallon or two of that stuff then fill the rest of my tank with 91.


[Modified by Aeka GSR, 12:08 AM 4/9/2002]

 

FYI: Organics don't "decompose" to water or aqueous solutions. It'd be like saying your cooking oil decomposed to water.