104 octane boost
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104 octane boost
I was talking to a guy here in Canada. He was telling me theres a product you can get in the states that you drop in the gas tank. Its not a liquid. That boosts octane to 104. It lasts from what he said a long time. No idea what a long time means. Anyone have any info?
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i think most of that stuff is just a scam. i know you can up your octane by a point or two by dumping a gallon of tolulene in your gas every time you fill up(e.g. 1 gal tolulene for every 10 gallons gas)
i've never really looked into it much though, since i run the cheapest stuff i can find
i've never really looked into it much though, since i run the cheapest stuff i can find
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Unless you've done something to the compression ratio that now calls for 104, you're throwing your $$$ down the drain.
The muscle cars of the '60's and early 70's were the last to "maybe" benefit from such a product.
No auto mfg. makes anything that requires more octane that what's available at the pump.
The muscle cars of the '60's and early 70's were the last to "maybe" benefit from such a product.
No auto mfg. makes anything that requires more octane that what's available at the pump.
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ok. Thanks guys. I thought it was pretty far fetched. I dont know where he got the info. I was just curious about it and though you guys would have heard something. I never planed on increasing my octane, just wanted to know if this guy was ill informed.
I ran high octane stuff in my cr250 and zx 1100 but thats about it.
I ran high octane stuff in my cr250 and zx 1100 but thats about it.
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The stuff your friend was talking about is probably "104 Booster" which is sold here in AutoZone or PepBoys. But as others have said, that stuff doesn't make any significant difference for the performance or gas milage.
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with 8spi of boost, you're looking at about 16:1 compression ratio on these supercharged engines, so there's plenty or us that could benefit from higher-than-pump octane. more info on this would be nice.
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I had a datalogger PDA setup on my Eclipse and I tested octane booster vs 105 octane race gas and my logs showed little improvement against knock while the race gas I got great results with near 0 knock count and great timing advance but that was running 18psi on my 7.8:1 compression ratio and my car needed it.
It ran ok on pump gas (91) but at the strip I had to use at least 101.
It ran ok on pump gas (91) but at the strip I had to use at least 101.
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Originally posted by dbikeman
Im talking about the pistons themselves. I dont think the supercharged people would get much either. Premium gas should be fine for them too
Im talking about the pistons themselves. I dont think the supercharged people would get much either. Premium gas should be fine for them too
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High octane is only good if you do alot of racing and your engine requires it.
If you just have a SC or something that's a bolt on application w/o any heavy mods to the Fuel System and or the engine itself, there is no need for this. Once you start building the block and bore out stuff and change the fuel system, you'll need better octane gas to run efficiently.
Efficiently means running at 100% power which is not something you'd be using on a daily basis.
Once you've spent thousand and thousands of $$ on your engine, it's a natural evolution to get better gas.. But for the most of us, it's not needed. Basically used only on tracks (btw)
If you just have a SC or something that's a bolt on application w/o any heavy mods to the Fuel System and or the engine itself, there is no need for this. Once you start building the block and bore out stuff and change the fuel system, you'll need better octane gas to run efficiently.
Efficiently means running at 100% power which is not something you'd be using on a daily basis.
Once you've spent thousand and thousands of $$ on your engine, it's a natural evolution to get better gas.. But for the most of us, it's not needed. Basically used only on tracks (btw)
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you could always get your hands on some 130 octane aviation fuel...no road tax on it though so it's technically illegal here
you didn't hear that from me though
you didn't hear that from me though
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