octane boost?
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octane boost?
NOS brand octane boost? wat are your thoughts or experiences with this stuff. i run nitrous and in my area the highest octane i can get at the pump is 91. sucks! i have used one bottle so far but i dont wanna keep using it if there are bad reveiws about it.
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
I have read that with octane booster the highest you can achieve is very close if not similar to the highest pump octane you can purchase at your local amaco or exxon. Basically the only gains out of octane booster is using it with 87 grade or regular unleaded gas. Thats what I read and I think it was in superstreet, don't know what issue. well, again correct me if i'm wrong but I don't think there is actually a way to tell if it has boosted your octane... another communist gimic. 
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
do you really know what a higher octane means??? cause you really need to understand what a higher octane does, from my understanding if you are running a turbo, then you need to run a higher octane. the reason is the higher the octane the higher the compression needed to detonate the fuel. it you just have a sohc no turbo then really you are wasting your money. and in some cases running a lower octane can add a couple of hp. you need to find out your compression rating and they can tell you whether or not your car really benifits from a higher octane.
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
used it , no big difference's but if you use it to much it turns your plugs brown 
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
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do you really know what a higher octane means??? cause you really need to understand what a higher octane does, from my understanding if you are running a turbo, then you need to run a higher octane. the reason is the higher the octane the higher the compression needed to detonate the fuel. it you just have a sohc no turbo then really you are wasting your money. and in some cases running a lower octane can add a couple of hp. you need to find out your compression rating and they can tell you whether or not your car really benifits from a higher octane.
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used it , no big difference's but if you use it to much it turns your plugs brown
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
i just wanna keep from detonating.....
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Re: octane boost? (hondafrk)
dude I fill up my tank 3 times a week w/93 octane @1.55/gal
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used it , no big difference's but if you use it to much it turns your plugs brown
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
my plugs are already brown from one bottle. this is why i asked the question. it was a new set of plugs too. since none of us (i think) can afford to fill up our tanks every two weeks or whenever you do, can you mix the race fuel and watever octane fuel you run to create a higher octane? wat im saying is for instance me, i can only get 91 at the pump. if i mix a certian amount of race fuel to my tank will the octane increase?
i just wanna keep from detonating.....
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so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
my plugs are already brown from one bottle. this is why i asked the question. it was a new set of plugs too. since none of us (i think) can afford to fill up our tanks every two weeks or whenever you do, can you mix the race fuel and watever octane fuel you run to create a higher octane? wat im saying is for instance me, i can only get 91 at the pump. if i mix a certian amount of race fuel to my tank will the octane increase?
i just wanna keep from detonating.....
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
well, it is simple, if you detonate you loose your motor, what i do is delay the timing a couple of degrees. When I am runing the juice I always put premium in the tank. Yes if you mix fuels it does change the octane But if you put 3 gals of 93 octane over 3 gals of 87 octane I am not sure if you will get enough to stop your detonation. Run a cooler plug and it will help!
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well, it is simple, if you detonate you loose your motor, what i do is delay the timing a couple of degrees. When I am runing the juice I always put premium in the tank. Yes if you mix fuels it does change the octane But if you put 3 gals of 93 octane over 3 gals of 87 octane I am not sure if you will get enough to stop your detonation. Run a cooler plug and it will help!
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used it , no big difference's but if you use it to much it turns your plugs brown
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
my plugs are already brown from one bottle. this is why i asked the question. it was a new set of plugs too. since none of us (i think) can afford to fill up our tanks every two weeks or whenever you do, can you mix the race fuel and watever octane fuel you run to create a higher octane? wat im saying is for instance me, i can only get 91 at the pump. if i mix a certian amount of race fuel to my tank will the octane increase?
i just wanna keep from detonating.....
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IMO is not worth it , friend of mine had to advance the timing and also higher octane to run his 75 shot of nitrous on a gsr motor . but then he decided to go all motor better ...
so now i rather go to a gas station that provides with 100 octane (there rare to find) much better .....
my plugs are already brown from one bottle. this is why i asked the question. it was a new set of plugs too. since none of us (i think) can afford to fill up our tanks every two weeks or whenever you do, can you mix the race fuel and watever octane fuel you run to create a higher octane? wat im saying is for instance me, i can only get 91 at the pump. if i mix a certian amount of race fuel to my tank will the octane increase?
i just wanna keep from detonating.....
[Modified by dirtySOHC's, 5:59 AM 6/30/2002]
IMO is not worth it , friend of mine had to advance the timing and also higher octane to run his 75 shot of nitrous on a gsr motor . but then he decided to go all motor better ...
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
please guys i am not askin about how to run nitrous. i just want to know about the octane boost......if its or 
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
have done everything you said....i already run the highest i can get here which is 91. [/QUOTE]
Have you tried running a mixture of tolulene and high test? There was a post on here a couple of months back about doing that, but I'm too lazy to search for it. I will validate that it really does work (Even a friend of mine who's a Physics Grad. student vouches for the science behind the theory). We get it by the drum @ work so it's super cheap 4 me, but to buy it retail it's about $3-$5 a gallon
which is the only real drawback.
Have you tried running a mixture of tolulene and high test? There was a post on here a couple of months back about doing that, but I'm too lazy to search for it. I will validate that it really does work (Even a friend of mine who's a Physics Grad. student vouches for the science behind the theory). We get it by the drum @ work so it's super cheap 4 me, but to buy it retail it's about $3-$5 a gallon
which is the only real drawback.
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Re: octane boost? (uncivilCivicinprogress)
have done everything you said....i already run the highest i can get here which is 91.
Have you tried running a mixture of tolulene and high test? There was a post on here a couple of months back about doing that, but I'm too lazy to search for it. I will validate that it really does work (Even a friend of mine who's a Physics Grad. student vouches for the science behind the theory). We get it by the drum @ work so it's super cheap 4 me, but to buy it retail it's about $3-$5 a gallon which is the only real drawback.
Have you tried running a mixture of tolulene and high test? There was a post on here a couple of months back about doing that, but I'm too lazy to search for it. I will validate that it really does work (Even a friend of mine who's a Physics Grad. student vouches for the science behind the theory). We get it by the drum @ work so it's super cheap 4 me, but to buy it retail it's about $3-$5 a gallon
which is the only real drawback.
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Re: octane boost? (dirtySOHC's)
Is it my bad assumption that race gas even at city pump's is leaded? AKA o2 killers? Secondly around here at the few spots you can find it you can only fill up containers with it or trailered cars you by law can't put it into a car that will be driving on the road.
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Re: octane boost? (DX Hybridizer)
Is it my bad assumption that race gas even at city pump's is leaded? AKA o2 killers? Secondly around here at the few spots you can find it you can only fill up containers with it or trailered cars you by law can't put it into a car that will be driving on the road.